A full face lightweight helmet from Specialized – one of Benji’s favourites. Light enough and ventilated enough to wear pedalling along, as well as on an uplift day.
Specialized Gambit Helmet
- Value: £225
- From: Specialized
A capable full facer with the ventilation and fit of a normal helmet. An impressively lightweight carbon fibre shell, bolstered by some polycarbonate backing, and five sections of “targeted density foam for reduced weight, optimized fit, and increased ventilation.”
Integrated Fit System that accommodates variations in head shape. Occipital base adjustment for comfort and allows you to tune helmet to ensure that your helmet and eyewear work well together. 4-position adjustable cheek pads provide further fit tweaks.
SBC Integrated Fit System does away with much of the bulky padding of a traditional full-facer.
Brow cooling provides a gap between the helmet and forehead, drawing airflow into internal air channels even at low speeds.
MIPS tech inside helps protect your brain from shearing impacts.
Here’s some of the righteous blather Benji single finger typed into his review of this most excellent hat:
“The 640g Gambit weighs a couple of hundred grams more than a proper deep-coverage open-facer and does a better job.
“The breathability and ventilation are amazing. I’m never in a mad rush to take this lid off at rest stops. Obviously the physics of the thing mean it must be warmer to wear than an open-facer but… I just haven’t noticed. I don’t ride in Spain. I ride in the UK. And if I’m up somewhere decently high in the UK, chances are it’s at least windy and very probably quite chilly. Overheating is rarely a problem here.
“The Specialized Gambit is an extremely comfy lid to wear with the trad retention dial band on the back working just as on a regular open-face helmet. The Gambit has the added benefit of increased protection from the elements – you get less wind baffling and mud spray hitting up your senses. When the elements are against you, sliding on a Buff® underneath the Gambit is a joy that’s on a par with cheating.”
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