Very informative! Thanks a lot. The first person who said something about sizes. It is so hard to understand what size you need. And too hard to order a helmet and then send it back.
I like this lots of features and lots of protection over multiple areas. Hmmm Abus always thought of them as selling bike locks. Well I was leaning to Rad Power Bikes hat. Well I’ll take a wait and see as I want to see the other hats you want to show us. I like this hat looks good too!
Agreed, I didn't know what to expect at first but it's pretty clear they invested some time in this helmet. The price on sale isn't much more than I see a lot of people spending on helmets these days. The helmets I will be reviewing next week have quite a different look. Stay tuned!
Hi nice review. I was looking at locks. Found helmets... Does the shell bulge out more in your opinion than normal bicycle helmets or ok? Have you seen the 2.0 Ace version of this helmet with a visor and ear culs/muffs. Potentially perfect (the rain cover is added value me) with an electric scooter in London, England. Thanks
Hey Jerome, it perhaps is a little bit thicker than some other helmets but look wise this isn't something I even considered until I saw your comment. I did see the Ace - it looks pretty cool and definitely something to consider if you like the visor. It actually looks like an electric scooter helmet. I'm working on getting the 'Winterkit' for the Pedelec 2.0 and will do a video on it if at all possible. Prior to this helmet I just wore a hat under my helmet in winter and then used snowboarding goggles for the extreme days. Cheers
I ordered this helmet online and when I tried it on the first thing I thought was that it did look huge, I felt like a bobblehead. I'm trying to put my vanity aside because I really like the other features/safety specs. Hopefully it will grow on me
Thanks for the helpful review. 2 questions: Does it occur to you that during helmet impact the magnetic "locking" mechanism may come open? It doesn't look completely secure or as secure as the typical old snap mechanism (which I don't like.) Is this, like the Hyban 2.0, "ponytail compatible" as Abus calls it?
In my opinion the locking mechanism isn't going to come open since it really needs to slide. Lots of helmets use this so I imagine they looked into this. And yes the Pedelec 2.0 is ponytail compatible.
@@EbikeEscape It may not have MIPS, but conversely the Troy Lee helmet is not NTA 8776 rated. The list of the NTA rated helmets is very short at the moment.
if you are riding any kind of assisted bike you should have a full face motorcycle helmet. Nothing else will help you if you tumble at 20 or more mph. It may not look cool but at least you won't break your nose and jaw and lose all your front teeth.
I think the full-face helmets are a good option. I see them a lot on those riding the motorcycle-inspired electric bikes. It isn't very often that we ride 20 mph since we have a kid along on most trips.
Good thought. So these actually slide on so if you pull in them they don't come undone. I did a bit of reading online and they do pull testing with these clasps (they are made by a company called Fidlock). To undo the clasp it's more of a sliding action. Hope that helps!
Rain cover is kinda cool. I am kinda with you on not being sure I would need that. If it rains I get wet. I don’t know if that would make me buy this helmet or not. If you want a good winter helmet look at giro Timberwolf. I ended up just going with the snow board version after looking at their safety rating structure.
