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Giro Vanquish MIPS

Fits good, good looking but rather heavy. Felt a little pain in my neck during my first ride and weighted the helmet when arrived home. Compared to my POC Ventral air helmet it was 115g heavier. But you gets used to the weight.

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Very nice helmet this fits well and has a visor that is easy to loosen and fasten. The visor is quite far away from your face and the biggest drawback and reason for me to return it is that there is quite a lot of wind coming through the top past the visor which makes my eyes rather watery. One advantage it also has due to the distance the visor will not fog up.

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Could be, with a few improvements. Chin catch is too fiddly, would be much better if magnetic like the best climbing helmets catering for cold or wet hands. Ratchet is very small and the sizing isn’t correct, my head measurement was in the middle of the range for medium fit but actually it’s right on the lower limit and could do with being a bit tighter. On the plus side it’s liberating not to have to wear glasses.

I had the Giro Air Attack before this & the Vanquish is noticeably quieter, particularly when you go faster. It fits well & looks good. The only foreseeable problem is when the visor is turned upside down on the helmet, it doesn’t secure as well as in the normal position, although it hasn’t fallen off yet.

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The helmet is consistently highly rated on other sites and by magazines. It reportedly has good aero credentials and adding a visor would presumably have added benefit in that department. The helmet feels solid throughout and the adjustment wheel at the back never feels like it would slip which I have noticed on previous helmets. Unfortunately for myself none of my multiple pairs of glasses fit well under the visor, where they do just about fit any pothole in the road can knock the frame into the visor and dislodge it from the magnets (which given the potential cost of a visor spilling off onto the tarmac form actually feel *that* strong). Additionally I have noticed a sore spot directly on top of my head on longer rides, regardless of re-adjusting several times. I was on the cusp of M/L (with head circumference 59cm) and opted for medium; perhaps larger would have been more comfortable. I'm hoping that getting some more contact lenses and substituting padding into the roof of the helmet from my old lid will solve these issues.

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