That’s where the aero savings comes from. Same retention system and in important ways the very same shape. The greenish helmet is the Giro Helios Spherical, the navy helmet is the Eclipse Spherical. This new helmet is roughly 2 minutes per 100 miles faster than my old helmet, but danged if it isn’t in many ways the very same helmet. That’s quite a bit in an IRONMAN race, if indeed you race with an aero road helmet for the ventilation. I get to the finish of 100 miles a minute faster in the Eclipse over the Vanquish. The Vanquish – which not long ago was the gold standard in aero road helmets – was 103 seconds faster. Using its Giro Aether as a baseline, my existing helmet, the Helios, was 38 seconds faster over 100 miles. It’s aero road like the Vanquish, which means it’s not got a pointy tail and it’s got ventilation, but it’s still aero. The Giro Eclipse Spherical, the one launched today, is a $249 road helmet. My wife took the Vanquish – we have the same size head – and liked that helmet quite a bit (especially with the available visor).
I liked the retention system, and the straps, and just overall it was better. That helmet worked better for me than the Vanquish because it fit a bit better. Last year I moved from a Giro Vanquish to a Giro Helios Spherical. Theoretically this new helmet gives you most of the benefit of an aero helmet, but better ventilation and, probably, lighter. There’s a new helmet Giro just launched that might work for a lot of triathletes because it’s an aero road helmet, and maybe it’s the solution to my own helmet search. The older I get the pickier I get, and I think that’s because my increasingly rickety body gets more sensitive to any equipment that just isn’t quite right. My search for the ideal road helmet continues (as does my search for the ideal road saddle).
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