2019-06-01_220_Triathlon

June 2019 / / 67

TT HELMETS

72

%

VERDICTADECENTBUT

UNSPECTACULARTTLID,SUITED

TO MORE FLEXIBLE RIDERS

£179.99If youcanholdtheposition,
a longertailedhelmetwillbe
quicker.But,if youcan’t,any
benefitsarenegatedbythetail
actinglikea sail.Developedin
collaborationwithWorldTour
professionalcyclingteam
Mitchelton-Scott,theScottSplit
definitelyfallsintothecategoryof
long-tailedtime-trialhelmets.
Despitethelackofanyvisiblevents
atthefront,theSplitwasfairlycool,
withdeepchannelsrunningover
your head to a large port at the rear.

SCOTT

SPLIT

TheSplithelmet(440g)is the

hardestontesttogetonandoffin

transition,theearcoversarestiff

andturningthereardialwhen

ridingis moredifficult– although

onceonit’scomfortable.The

standardtestlidcomeswithouta

visorbutyoucanbuy one separately.

scott-sports.com

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VERDICTIMPRESSIVELID,

CLEVERFEATURES,ALTHOUGH

THERE MAY BE MORE AERO OPTIONS

£249.99TheLazerWaspAirTriis

packedfulloftechandthe

camouflagepaintjoblookssharp.It

comeswitha wideintegratedvisor

and,generally,a visoris seenas

moreaerodynamic,yetfroma

triathlonperspectivewetpost-

swimhairmeansaninherentriskof

thelensfoggingup.TheLazerWasp

hasa solutionthatdoesthetrick,

however– toencourageairflowand

ventilation,thevisorcanbeshifted

forwardslightlyandthere’sa

honeycomb patterned vent at the

LAZER

WA S P A I R T R I

fore.Comparedtotheoriginallong-

tailedLazerWaspthatwaspopular

onthetime-trialcircuit,theAirTri

hasa cut-offtailandis lightyears

easiertogetonatspeed(butit still

requiresa littlebitofpractice).The

retentionsystemworkswelland

there’samplepadding.Weight is

a moderate 422g.lazer.co.uk

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VERDICTLIGHTONTHEHEAD

ANDWALLET,BUTISN’TTHE BEST

FOR WARMER RIDES

£140TheAlpinabearsmorethan
a passingresemblancetothe
historicallyverypopular,but
nowratherdated,GiroAdvantage.
Front-on,it’sslimmerthanthe
majorityofitscontemporaries
andweighsonly289g,makingit
noticeablylighter.Furthermore,
despitethenarrowprofile,the
flexibleearcoversmeanyoucan
getthehelmetonandoffquicklyin
transitionwithoutfearofcausing
damage.Thestrapis fastenedusing
a plastic ratchet-like buckle and

ALPINA

ELEXXION

undoneusinga releasebutton– and

thisworkswell(youadjustthefit

usinga dialattherear,butyoucan’t

lowerthepositionofthecage).And

yet,withonlytwoventsatthefore

andtwoattherear,alongwiththe

helmetsittingclosetoyourhead,

theAlpinaisn’tthebestfor hotter

rides.todayscyclist.co.uk

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