The internet blew up this week with the arrival of the new Giro Aerohead 2.0 TT helmet worn by team Visma-LeaseABike at the opening stage time-trial of Tirreno Adriatico.  Cade media covered it, GCN covered it, Bkerumor covered it, Cycling News covered it… You get the message.  TT helmets were already getting a bit out there but this really moved things to the next level. I mean just look at it! 

Something deep down tells me it’s just wrong, an  abomination, indeed criminal.  It violates the essence of  the cycling aesthetic, in a sport of absolute beauty.  The UCI has us comply with so much on the pro circuit.  Even socks cannot be too long and then this thing arrives.  Despite all this I find somehow a weird attraction to this monstrosity.  No, I would never wear one because frankly I’d be taking the p**s because an aero front profile is the last of the speed  gains I should be making.  Loosing some weight would be a far better  gain.  Researching online  I have  not  found much with regard to how much aero gain it brings which is undoubtably the reason for the extreme profile.  However there is praise for it  increasing the riders field of vision compared to some other helmets which has to be a good thing.  Made from an EPS foam base with a thin plastic cover there are grooves in the foam seen in some pictures speculated to act as a crumple one as opposed to venting.  The helmet  is the  result of a collaboration between the team and Giro.  So what the heck, if it’s within the rules then game on!  I would not want to see this in the regular peloton but on TT day,  what the heck! Innovation is cool, we have avoided the ugly extreme traithlon TT bikes but perhaps this is one area we can have.  OK this is full of contradiction, simply said I cannot explain why I am OK with this… perhaps because the farce is  with us?