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While full face helmets undoubtedly provide more protection than their half-dome siblings, it often comes with a penalty in the weight department. IXS' Trigger Full-Face aims to remove the weight deba more→te from your helmet choice, providing all of the tech you want at a minuscule weight.

Taking the hunt to the professional level. The Falconer II Aero Mips Helmet is a top-of-the-line helmet for fast-paced road cycling. The helmet comes with our unique easily removable Aerocovers™ to lo more→wer the aerodynamic drag even further. The aerodynamic geometry is developed to also provide extreme ventilation, the result is a quicker and more comfortable ride all wrapped in our four-piece variable elasticity shell technology for great protection. This model is equipped with the Mips Brain Protection System, a low-friction layer solution designed to reduce rotational forces transferred to the brain.

Style meets ventilation for total comfort in all-mountain applications in the new Smith Session MIPS Helmet. This all-new cranium coverage keeps your noggin on lockdown with a combination of Smiths Ko more→royd technology and MIPS, shielding you from impacts both direct and oblique, so you can charge through rowdy rock gardens while staying ventilated as you weave your way through technical switchbacks to the top for round two. And Smith doesn't hold back on the good looks either, with a modern and sleek style that falls neatly between the previously loved Rover and Forefront, giving just a little more coverage than its cross-country cousin, but with less bulk than the enduro-ready Forefront.

You don't have a full race calendar or a spot on the local cycling team, so gear should be more about function than style. Open, empty roads and long sojourns on Sunday afternoons are where you find y more→our joy in cycling, and gear that helps you stay out longer always ends up being what you reach for first. The Giro Cinder MIPS Helmet fits that description aptly, so if your old lid has seen better days, protect your grey matter and stick to your principles by upgrading. Inspired by the competition-minded Synthe, the Cinder shares more than just a similar sounding name with its pricier sibling. Giro anchors the Cinder with a streamlined, aerodynamic shell much like the Synthe's, and ensures it …

POC's Kortal Helmet offers the enhanced trail and enduro protection that we rely on, with ventilation and a detachable helmet peak customizing our comfort. The Kortal Helmet fits seamlessly with POC's more→Ora goggles, with a unique design ensuring straps don't cover any ventilation holes.

Your cycling is a bit diverse — some days you're glued to the tarmac, and others you venture down dusty gravel roads that lead to ghost towns, and as such, you want a little more coverage than your av more→erage cycling helmet. The Agilis MIPS helmet fits deeper than standard road helmets, packing in a little extra protection, should you diverge from the pavement into territory that warrants a bit extra.