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today we're going to be looking at the
Bolle Furo MIPS aero bicycle helmet.
Aerodynamically optimized products for
your bicycle are a great way to improve
your cycling performance by making each
watt go further.
With aerodynamics you're able to reduce
the aerodynamic drag
and therefore go faster and further
putting out the same power.
There's an interesting category of aero
products which is the road bike aero
helmet,
this is a balance between a road bike
helmet
and a TT bike helmet and it's designed for
mixed use.
Today we're going to be looking at
Bolle's aero helmet which is the Furo
MIPS.
Packaging wise pretty simple you have
black on white nice high contrast
cardboard box.
Let's go ahead and take it out of the
box and I'll go over the specs.
Retail price on this is $229 dollars so
definitely a more premium helmet.
It's equipped with a MIPS liner has
removable aero vent
covers which is a nice feature that lets
it be both a road helmet and more of a
aerodynamic helmet. It has their
opti-dock
system which are these two vents in the
front that let you store your
sunglasses. They have something
called a 360 fit system which is a
retention system
combined with a MIPS liner. Also you'll notice
it has a Kamm tail profile which gives it
a very unique appearance
and more optimized aerodynamics.
Inside the box you'll find some basic
instructions,
some tags for MIPS and surprisingly no
bag.
You just have the basic plastic that
it came with.
Now let's take a look at the weight of
the Furo MIPS helmet.
The total helmet weight comes in at
396 grams so fairly heavy.
Now let's pop out the aero covers and
see what they weigh on their own.
It is a nice feature, you get
the best of both worlds:
extra ventilation
as well as the option to go more aero.
These come in at 58 grams so you can
see with the foam padding these have a
little bit of weight to them.
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Now let's take a look at the fit and
finish of the Furo
MIPS helmet. What we have here is the
matte white version
it has a two-tone design with the
white and black accents.
It looks pretty clean they also have a
black version and a special edition
version currently offered.
Now starting from the front you get a
very sleek aerodynamic look especially
with the vents covers in here.
You can see you have a NACA duct on top
something you see more on
automotive or airplanes. You have the two
side vents which double as the Opti-dock
system for your sunglasses.
There is no visor but there is a little
bump here
for the front on the front lip.
The edges are also finished which is
something worth pointing out especially
at the higher price point. You see
there's no exposed foam on here
it's all nice and covered gives a nice
premium look. On cheaper helmets you'll
find this is often exposed
now if we go to the side of the helmet
the most striking thing about this
is that doesn't look like your standard
helmet. It actually looks flat
so it's a very shallow design with a
very flat top and it's quite impressive
that they're able to
get this profile instead of the standard
dome look.
You can also see the Kamm tail which
is a really blunt cutoff here.
Instead of extending this out to the tip
they just simply slice it off
and again the NACA duct here which
funnels air
to the top of your head. It's almost like
a roof scoop on a race car.
If you go to the back it's very
aggressive you have Furo
badge on here again almost like an
automotive badge and this
glossy black surround. You also have
these nice little accents here
and little ridges that attract your eye
and tie in the black here
into the vent. It's a very aggressive
design and
definitely not your standard helmet and
again the two-tone here really works
well
as the black kind of conceals the bottom.
Then the glossy black really draws
your eyes.
Now if we go to the inside of the helmet
this has a MIPS
liner but at first glance it's easy to
forget that it's there.
There are no MIPS stickers along the
liner just the standard
MIPS on the side, but you can see here
with the MIPS liner you get the
rotational
force absorption so in an accident
this will rotate a bit
before it gets transferred to your head.
Definitely a nice feature highly
recommend getting any helmet
make sure you have a secondary safety
device like MIPS or
some of its competitors. Again at
this high price point
you usually get really nice padding, so you
can see here this is a really nice
velcro
very plush so you can pull this out and
wash it.
The fit system is also really nicely
designed, it's a pretty standard dial
and you can see an attachment point here
along the
sides and then adjustability for both
the cradle up and down
as well as adjustability on the standard
nylon straps.
Surprisingly there's no magnetic buckle
something that's becoming more common
just a standard plastic buckle
with easy adjustment points on the side.
Now one of the coolest features about
this helmet is the
removable aero vents so you can see they
have this really plush
rubber insert and that compress in and
once they're
actually inserted
they look almost look like they're
integrated on here so very nicely
designed
where you don't really see a lip when
they're fully inserted. When you take
them off it gives it a different
appearance more of a
aero more of a road bike helmet and you
can see the extra venting here
with the little ducts.
My only complaint about this
design is that unlike Lazer or other
companies that have
similar aero vents where you
simply flip it when you don't want the
venting
with this you actually have to do the
conversion at home because obviously
these are
fairly bulky you're not going to put
this in your jersey pocket mid ride.
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Now it's a little comparison between
the Furo MIPS and other helmets on the
market. Here I have a range of road
biking helmets
and semi-aero helmets as well so the
standard road biking helmet. This is the
Bontrager Wavecel Specter.
You can see more dome like you do get
the Kamm tail design
on most helmets these days where it's
a lot less aggressive.
You can see more highly vented and
more of the dome design.
You can also get more advanced helmets
like the Smith which provides
both Koroyd
as well as a MIPS liner.
Again ventilation is key here
you can see fully open
center channel and then the structure of
the Koroyd through the other exposed
vents
and again the profile you have a less
aggressive tail
and a more rounded. Again fairly
shallow with more premium helmets a lot
more shallow
lets you run a more oversized sunglasses
in the general a little bit lighter too.
Now we also have a new arrival here this
is the POC Ventral
Spin it is a semi aero helmet from
POC.
You can see what they've basically
done is they reduced some of the
ventilation
from the tops and made it more covered.
Again you get the Kamm tail design
but less aggressive so if you were to
put these side by side you can see
it is more aggressive and with
the
aero vents that can be removed you get a
little best the best of both worlds.
Again the Bolle has really done a
great job making a flat top design
so even with this it's flatter but still
not quite as flat as the Bolle.
So if you're definitely looking for a
helmet that doesn't look like your
standard helmet
and has the flexibility for aero and
non-aero use
I think the Furo MIPS is definitely a
good option.
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On the road we found the Furo MIPS
helmet to be quite comfortable.
It has a very shallow profile that fits
well against your head and even allows
you to wear oversized sunglasses like
the Bolle Chronoshield
which are quite large. Also there's
adequate venting even with the aero
vents in place
enough that you don't really over
overheat and on warmer days you can
easily take off the
vents and run it as a vented road helmet.
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Now let's go over the pros and cons for
the Furo MIPS helmet.
Some of the things we like about the
helmet is the sleek profile, it really
doesn't have that dome look
that most helmets have and instead has a
very flat top
that's quite distinctive. It also has a
very clean design with minimal branding
particularly in the matte white with the
white and black accents.
It's something that looks good against
any type of cycling kit
and also has great ventilation even on
hot days and that's with or without the
aero cover so
you can tune it to your liking. Some of
the cons are the
premium price and the fact that it's
fairly heavy for
this price range. At closer to 400 grams
you can definitely get lighter helmets.
Also the vent covers can't be stored on
the helmet and that's a little bit
unfortunate so you have to switch
between aero or road at home
or have a place to store them as the
covers themselves are fairly large.
Taking everything into account we would
give the helmet an 8.7 out of 10.
It's a dual function helmet that can
work both as a road helmet or as a road
aero helmet if you want to go faster.
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