Giro Atmos, does nobody love them??

[speccy1]

Just out of interest, I`ve got GIRO saved on my ebay feed, and it is swamped with people trying to get rid of "atmos" lids, I always thought giro made good stuff, perhaps the atmos is the exception to the rule? Strange....................

 

[vickster]

Maybe they fit unusual shaped heads, giro road lids don't fit me. If it is right for you, then surely that's all that counts...assuming you've tried one on

I don't think, as a brand, that they meet the more stringent test standards though

 

[speccy1]

I`ve never had one, but have had other Giro lids, apart from being a bit sweaty I`ve always found them great

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I have crash tested a couple of them and think they are decent hats for the money, but will not have another as I think it is just tempting fate. The last one absorbed some damage:

 

[speccy1]

I have crash tested a couple of them and think they are decent hats for the money, but will not have another as I think it is just tempting fate. The last one absorbed some damage:

Hope you were ok

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I am still alive

 

[ufkacbln]

Interesting that this is another helmet that has cracked at the exact point where the carbon fibre skeleton supports a minimal amount of plastic

The other worrying thing is whether these helmets are new?

It is absolutely stupid to buy a second hand helmet where you know nothing about its previous damage or history

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

The CF on them is just a sticker put on over the top of the polystyrene.
That helmet was involved in quite a big crash (30mph+ into a car door) and has actually worked in places as it should. One side is nearly half the thickness of the other so it has absorbed energy but there are also a lot of cracks in it.

 

[speccy1]

Good effort!!

 

[ufkacbln]

According to the helmet manafacturers it is a part ofthe structure of the helmet, not just a "sticker"

The point is that it passes through these supporting bars to replace the now minimal material

The best example is this image from specialised:

However it still remains that these bars break as the amount of absorbent material in modern helmets is reduced to the minimum