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New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:38 am
by terminus
New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:38 am
by Weenie
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Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:57 am
by itsacarr
Looks like they put vents in the McLaren time trial helmet and clipped the tail off. Or something.
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:10 am
by cyclistcong
What happen to the aero helmet that helped Cav won his world championship. I liked that design more than this edition.
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:15 am
by itsacarr
That was just a snap on clear cover for his Prevail.
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:38 am
by terminus
cyclistcong wrote:What happen to the aero helmet that helped Cav won his world championship. I liked that design more than this edition.
Step #1: Buy a Prevail
Step #2: Buy saran wrap
Step #3: Cover Prevail in saran wrap
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:50 am
by asphaltdude
cyclistcong wrote:What happen to the aero helmet that helped Cav won his world championship.
itsacarr wrote:That was just a snap on clear cover for his Prevail.
... and pretty UCI illegal
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:32 am
by euan
but a lot less dangerous than the Katusha cling film effort yesterday
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:47 am
by FeitoSpain
I don't think they're really useful as we can see Sagan winning with "normal" helmets
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:05 am
by asphaltdude
Giro claims the Air Attack saves 17 seconds over 40 km, which translates to roughly 1 meter in a 200m final sprint.
So Sagan might have won with a more aero helmet
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:55 am
by FeitoSpain
Yep, but probably it was his legs
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:23 pm
by Geoff
Looked pretty interesting. It is Certainly more interesting than the covers (which are UCI legal, by the way, as they are made by the factory and are permanently attached).
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:12 pm
by davidalone
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:46 pm
by djconnel
terminus wrote:Step #1: Buy a Prevail
Step #2: Buy saran wrap
Step #3: Cover Prevail in saran wrap
I use packing tape on my Prevail. Maybe someone will complain next time I do a Pro Tour race.
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:52 am
by tommasini
Having sorted through the MIT and several other aero helmet studies/articles (Mark Cote is good to read up on) I had taken a leap for road rides. Under the right conditions (e.g. not sticken hot and/or lower speed climbing) I find a strong preference to this helmet - which is the early version of the LG Chrono (the current version I couldn't stomach) - can't say exactly but my research suggested in the neighborhood of 15 watts during a 30 mph sprint......equalling about .5 mph faster than the next guy.....real world I think I agree.....
Picture is not me but you get the idea - not an extreme TT "look" but then again compared against the latest from Giro and now that mushroom looking thing from Specialized........hmmmm now those take some getting used to.
And in true WW form - I'll admit that I took a weight gain bump compared to my LAS ventilated helmet.....ah the price we pay for speed......
Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:52 am
by Weenie
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Re: New Aero Specialized Helmet at Milan SanRemo??
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:20 am
by hansonator69
You could just buy one of these aero road helmets...
...or just stretch a swimming cap over a standard road helmet.