![]() ![]() I felt no pressure spots and encountered no sweaty brows or hair snagging. ![]() The heart of winter isn't ideal when it comes to testing the coolness factor of a helmet, but I can tell you that the Aries Spherical sports an impressive 24 vents in total and stands out in its unobtrusive comfort. I therefore tend to wear a size Medium in Giro instead of small. ![]() I have found, however, that for wearing a pony tail, it's best to size up in Giro helmets. The Roc Loc® 5+ Air fit system closure, carried over from previous models, is reliable and easy to adjust and, for those of you with long hair, has enough of a gap to pull a pony tail through. The profile of the Aries is ever so slightly taller than Synthe yet more compact while still providing good, low coverage in the rear of the head. The Aries, however, could very well take its place. The Synthe remains one of my favorite helmet designs of all time and I wear one on heavy rotation. ![]() The design: sleek and low-profile yet somewhat rounded, likens the preceding Aether Spherical and Synthe MIPS models. Out of the box, the Aries Spherical is instantly identifiable as a Giro helmet. Price: $300 US / €320 / $499 AUD / £289.99Ĭolors: White, black, blue, blue-black, harbor blue, carbon red More than that, independent authority Virginia Tech gave the Aries its highest safety rating yet, raking it as the number 1 road cycling helmet in reducing risk of injury. The Aether was already considered a benchmark in cooling yet the Aries improves on that design by 2.3%, making it better ventilated and ultimately, cooler.Īll this comes in a package that's Giro's safest helmet yet. The Aries features sizable air vents in the front and the rear of the helmet, which are connected via internal channels which direct and speed up the airflow. The aerodynamic improvements did not come at the expensive or airflow however. Designers reduced the frontal surface area to reduce drag while adding beveled edges and internal channeling to improve the helmet's aerodynamics, which are said to be 4% better than the Aether Spherical. While at first glance the Aries likens the well-loved Giro Synthe or Aether, the Aries is actually more compact than previous models. My medium test helmet came in at just 270 grams.Ī more compact design for streamlined speed: These shatter-resistant, translucent reinforcement bridges run throughout the helmet, providing structural integrity without adding much weight. Like the Aether, the Aries features Giro's proprietary AURA Reinforcement Arch. This pad technology relies on an internal silicone bead to redirect moisture away from the forehead and eliminate the potential of sweat dripping into the eyes. With the Aries, Giro is debuting a new sweat management system it's calling Dr圜ore. If you've never held a Spherical helmet before, the two parts of the helmet actually move independently, and tangibly, from one another.īy doing away with the thin plastic liner on the inside of the helmet, you'll no longer experience the annoying snagging of your hair or any airflow restriction, which plagued earlier MIPS helmets. Giro integrates the MIPS cradle in their own ball-and-socket "Spherical" design which aids in redirecting impact forces in case of a crash. Helmets with MIPS are usually recognizable by a visible -and often yellow- thin plastic cradle inside the helmet. MIPS, which stands for Multi-directional Impact Protection System, is designed to reduce the rotational forces transferred to the head in the event of a crash. Rather than being an afterthought, the Aries was designed around the now-prevalent MIPS technology. ![]()
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