Heather Fell: It's time to get excited, we have an unboxing, and you know what that means. It's
giveaway time. Inside this box we have the brand new MET Manta Mips aero road helmet, so new
that it's only just been released today. I'm going to be revealing all the details around
this exciting new helmet, as well as sharing what you need to do in order to be in with a chance of
winning your very own. [music]
You guys might have noticed that, in our more recent cycling videos, Mark and I have been
sporting some new lids, MET of our helmet channel partner. It's one of the good timing as they have
now just added this brand new model to their collection. I'm delighted to say that they
are extending their generosity beyond us, the GTN presenters. They are offering five Helmets to give
away to you guys, the lucky GTN viewers. Now I'm going to be explaining exactly what you need to
do in order to get your hands on one of these new MET Manta Mips helmets at the end of this video,
so make sure you stay tuned. For now, I think it's time to take a closer look at the helmet itself.
You might be familiar with MET's previous model, the MET Manta, added Mips as well as
a few other tweaks and then you end up with this, the MET Manta Mips. If I get through
this video without my tongue getting tied, I will be impressed. You've probably guessed it,
MET's previous most aero helmet, the Manta, has just had a serious safety upgrade by adding in
the MIPS C2 brain protection system as well as some other geometrical changes.
You can see this little yellow Mips sign on the back left hand side of the helmet. We're
noticing these on more and more helmets now. It's basically an additional safety layer.
It's said to add an extra 10% on top of the standard when it comes to protecting your
head from impact in certain directions. When you take a look inside the helmet, you can see
this additional yellow layer and this is the Mips system itself. This system allows an extra 10 to
15 millimeters of movement in either direction to take the force out of the impact. Basically,
the shell of the helmet will move relative to the head. It's dampening that potential
harmful rotational energy on the skull and therefore the brain. As you can probably see,
it sits discreetly between the comfort padding and the shell of the helmet itself,
so you probably won't even notice it's there. With helmets it's obviously safety first. It's
now time to move on to some of the other important factors.
This new MET Manta Mips helmet takes four very important boxes, safety, as we've covered,
aerodynamics, fit and style. At a first glance, it looks rather similar to its predecessor,
and that's because obviously it is based off that. They've kept some of the key components such as
the internal NACA, that is designed to help with ventilation, but also reduce the amount
of drag. It works by obviously taking air into the helmet through the front vents. The shape
of the channel or channel inside the helmet is designed so that the airflow doesn't change in
speed and therefore doesn't increase any drag. Then it comes out through the back fence where
the area that MET actually called the exhaust, which is a terminology you quite like. Once
we're talking about the exhaust of the helmet, I think we should have a closer look at the rear.
This is where it differs from its predecessor as it's more of a lower profile and tube shaped.
This is a result of some specific testing at the Newton laboratory in Milan. This helmet actually
has 15 events in total, two of which double up. If we spin it around, here at the front,
these inlets are designed to allow air to flow through, but they have a second purpose. They're
also there so you can store your sunglasses. Don't worry, comfort and practicality have not
been overlooked at the expense of safety looks and aerodynamics. It's time to take a look inside the
helmet. You'll see that there's this 360-degree headband that basically wraps all the way around
your head to ensure a snug and even pressure fit, whatever shape of head you have. This has
been inspired by the MET Trenta 3K Carbon. You can see here it can be adjusted nicely with this cam
driver at the back. Then, these comfort pads here, if you're worried that they might get a
little bit sweaty with lots of use, you don't need to because they are simply just attached by Velcro
so they can be taken out and washed very easily. Then you've got a rather clever chin fastening.
The clue here is in the name or potentially the opposite of the name. It's called the FIDLOCK
magnetic buckle. It takes the fiddle out of locking. That was my tagline, sorry for that one.
On a serious note, you can see here how easily the ends just basically are attracted to each other.
They simply just lock themselves. This is a bit of a nod to the target audience of this helmet. They
say it's designed for road cyclists, but also for winter riding and, wait for it, it's even designed
for triathletes. Yes, they've taken into account the triathlon transition. As a result, I want
to say that this helmet, for me, ticks all of the boxes. I'm pretty sure it does for you guys, too.
Now, for the last few details. This medium-size helmet comes in at a weight of 250 grams. The
MET Manta Mips has an array of wonderful colors, in actual fact, comes in six different colorways
including this rather stealthy-looking version here, the black matte glossy. Then we have the
black-red metallic stroke matte glossy, we have the blue metallic stroke matte glossy,
the gray fluo yellow stroke matte glossy, the red metallic glossy, and finally,
there's the white holographic glossy which, as you've probably guessed, is my favorite. I'm
afraid I'm not sharing that one with you guys. I expect I've whet your appetite for these rather
fast and beautiful looking helmets by now. I suspect you're dying to know what you need to
do because, yes, MET are offering up a total of five of these helmets to give away. All you need
to do is follow the link in the description below and follow the instructions there. Good luck to
you guys on that one. If you've enjoyed this video, do give it a like, do check out all of
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