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Helmets used to be a laborious thing to find — they all have different shapes to the shell, and so it’s hard to find one that doesn’t pinch your forehead but also isn’t a total salad bowl. Since I have a football-shaped head, I used to have to get something too large so that it wouldn’t pinch the front & back of my head, and then stuff the sides with enough foam to fill a sofa. I think I’ve found the solution — at least for my pinhead. The Giro Indicator is a bike helmet that will fit you no matter what, and at a price that won’t make you balk.
The Giro Indicator is the entry-level mountain bike helmet from Giro, but if it’s been a few years since you picked up a new lid you won’t be disappointed. It has features that only a few years ago were only available on the $100+ helmets. But this Giro bike helmet comes in at a frugal $34! Not that your head isn’t worth it, but in reality they are all built to the same standards — so extra dollars give you different styles, weight, and ventilation.
For example, I came close to purchasing the more expensive Giro Rift, but after trying them both on I realized they both had excellent back-of-the-head coverage for backwards falls onto rocks. The indicator also had killer ventilation. The Rift had this more aggressive shape to its visor & a very distinctive look, but I had no problems with the visual design of the Indicator either. It was sleek, well-vented,...
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