Giro Selector aero helmet launched at Giro d'Italia

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Dutch champ Jos Van Emden's Giro Selector (Image credit: Matt Pacocha, Bikeradar.com)

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Giro will offer the new Selector in four color options beginning this June. — Giro will 🗹offer the new Selector in four color options beginning this June. (Image credit: Matt Pacocha, Bikeradar.com)

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The new Roc Loc TT system (Image credit: Matt Pacocha, Bikeradar.com)

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The included eye shield is vented to prevent fogging and the vents are also aligned with the internal channels to help facilitate airflow across a rider's head. — The included eye shield is vented to prevent fogging and the vents ar🌱e also aligned with the internal channels to help facilitate airflow across a rider's head. (Image credit: Matt Pacocha, Bikeradar.com)

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The new Roc Loc TT system accommodates the enclosed lower tail of the Selector by virtue of its simple, bottom-mounted, leaf spring design. — The new Roc L🐻oc TT system accommodates the enclosed lower tail of the Selector by virtue of its simple, bottom-mounted, leaf spring design. (Image credit: Matt Pacocha, Bikeradar.com)

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Giro announced the debut of its new Selector time trial/triathlon helmet. — Giro announced the debut of its new Selector time t🐬rial/triathlon helmet. (Image credit: Matt Pacocha, Bikeradar.com)

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Giro's new Selector includes two lower cap covers - 45mm tall and 10mm tall - for a customized fit and better aerodynamics depending on rider position. — Giro's new Selector includes two lower cap covers ﷺ- 45mm tall and 10mm tall - for a customized fꩵit and better aerodynamics depending on rider position. (Image credit: Matt Pacocha, Bikeradar.com)

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The long awaited Giro Selector aero helmet, the successor to the Advantage, was launched at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia on Saturday. Its key features in🍨clude a built in visor and a removable back section to fit different rider positions.

Aerodynamic helmet performance can vary wildly depending on how well its shape blends with a rider's position but Giro's new Selector incorporates a clever interchangeable lower section that supposedly manages to offer consistently low drag to a much wider range of users – from impossibly flat-back time trial specialists like 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabian Cancellara and Dave Za✃briskie to amateur triathletes who tend to sit much more upright.

Giro has also integrated a form-fitted visor up front to further maintain that aerodynamic shape. Upper vents should help minimize fog🐈ging and Giro says they're also aligned with the helmet's internal channeling to encourage good airflow across the rider's head. A grey-tinted lens will come standard but a clear 💜lens is available separately and, of course, the shield can be detached altogether if preferences (or rider sponsorship contracts) dictate the use of different eyewear instead.

Roc Loc TT uses a leaf spring design that automatically puts a preset amount of tension on the back of the rider's head – sort of like Specialized's old Brain Trust system but flipped ups🦂ide down. According to Giro, this setup not only maintains a quality fit without having to fiddle with dials or levers but is also faster to put on – a key distinction for triathletes trying to cut down their transition times. The base of the Roc Loc TT can be snapped into one of three fore-aft positions for a total size range of 6cm (Giro's typical range per shell size is 4cm).

Other features include fixed-position slimline webbing similar to Giro's Prolight model, the company's latest Thermoformed SL Roll Cage internal reinforcement structure, removable EVA 🦩foam side pads for customizable width, and antibacterial X-Static upper pads. Giro will offer the new Selector in four colors – matte/gloss black, red/bla🌊ck, blue/black, and white/silver – each in two size options.