Giro releasing some of the most advanced helmets on the market

One of the cycling world’s design leaders, Giro, has released a full-faced mountain biking helmet that employs cutting-edge technology that could be a standard part of safe construction.

“While some brands have prioritized requests from recreational riders for the lightest possible helmets, our professional gravity athletes have a different set of demands, and the Insurgent is built from the inside out to meet their needs,” said Giro Senior Industrial Designer David Thompson.

Built around the advanced protection of Spherical Technology™ powered by Mips®, the Insurgent has been designed for optimum ventilation, comfort, and performance. It has 50% better cooling efficiency and 200g lower weight than other comparable helmets.

Other helmets in the Giro line employing the new Spherical Technology™ include the Eclipse, Montaro, Merit, Aether, Manifest, and Helios.

Designed for trails, the Manifest helmet offers incredible comfort and best-in-class ventilation while the Helios offers high-performance innovation for a range of activities.

Key features of Giro’s innovative helmets including the Insurgent are the Mips Brain Protection System, stack ventilation, progressive layering with EPS outer liner and EPP inner liner, and much more.

Cooling comfort was one of those top requests from pro gravity riders and Giro used their proprietary in-house Therminator heat-sensing head form to refine the placement and design of 20 intake vents, the internal channeling pathways, and exhaust ports.

Additional features include a patent-pending Flex Gasket along the lower edge of the helmet, designed to reduce the role a helmet can play in certain collarbone impacts. Also new are tool-free breakaway visor bolts with an integrated Allen key receiver for easy removal, and a central visor bolt hole, which does double duty as the ideal mount for P.O.V. action cameras.

The Manifest, which weighs in at just over 1,000 grams, also offers several superior sport-specific features such as the tool-free breakaway visor bolts, a central visor bolt hold that also doubles as a mount for cameras, and the directional snap system for removable cheek pads.

The Giro Insurgent helmet is available immediately from authorized Giro retailers and www.giro.com for $449.99 CAD.