Pinnacle Race Helmet

£35 Wallet-friendly road helmet from Evans Cycles

Matt Baird

THE RACE MISSED out on last issue’s sub-£75 helmets test by virtue of not boasting the MIPS safety system. What it does have is a racier focus than the Giant Relay and Specialized Align II (both £45) from that test, its aero-on-a-budget appeal reminding me of the winning Van Rysel Racer (£39.99). That Decathlon helmet reportedly received wind tunnel testing during the design process (and wasn’t humbled against some loftier lids in our own wind tunnel tests in 2020, albeit its success was largely at the more extreme wind angle of 20°), but Pinnacle/Evans Cycles make no such claims about the Race Helmet. What the major cycling retailer does claim is that the Race is a lightweight helmet, and it does tip the scales at a satisfactory 329g for a £35 lid,…

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Cycling Plus (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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