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What makes the Giro Source MIPS such a cool, comfortable and safe helmet? We delve into the details of this feature-packed off-road helmet.
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hey everyone andy sykes from singletrap
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magazine here and i'm in my shed today
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to tell you about this
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the gyro sauce mips helmet now i wanted
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to film this
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video outside but every time i get the
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camera set up
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when the sun is shining and it's
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beautiful as soon as i hit record it
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starts to rain and it gets
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really really humid now that's no good
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for my camera or my complexion
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but it's actually perfect weather for a
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helmet like this the gyro sauce mips
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now gyro have developed this helmet to
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ensure that it keeps you cool and
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comfortable as well as being extremely
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safe
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while you ride now the helmet is
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designed for off-road cycling so it's
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perfect for gravel riding
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cross country all mountain trail down
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country and
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even enduro and it has lots of
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protection that comes down
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low over the back of your head now in
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terms of keeping you
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cool look at how many vents are on this
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helmet
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we've got massive vents in the front at
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the top
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around the sides and on the rear in
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total
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there are 17 vents on the gyro source
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mips
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helmet and that allows cool air to enter
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through the top
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circulate over the top of your head
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drawing any heat and moisture away
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and then exhausting out of the rear gyro
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has even included massive
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air channels inside the helmet to ensure
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that cool air
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has a place to circulate to really
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really keep you cool
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and comfortable as you ride in addition
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to all those vents
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gyro has included a cool fit padding
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system
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it's a really clever padding system that
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again as you can guess
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keeps you nice comfortable and cool and
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it also helps to stop
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sweat from dripping down your face as
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you can see we've got this
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nice padded area across the forehead
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there and that will prevent any sweat
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dripping down
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into your eyes which we all know is
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extremely irritating
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and all that padding can be removed and
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easily cleaned
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too now there's no point making a helmet
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that keeps you cool and looks good and
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i've got to say
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this looks really good i'll really like
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this matte gray finish
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and also this darker gray finish as well
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but it a helmet
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also needs to keep you safe and gyro has
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that covered in a couple of different
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ways
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with the gyro sauce mips now one of
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those ways to keep you safe
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safe is obviously the mips impact
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rotational safety system
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now for any of you who don't know about
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mips mips is basically a clever
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elastomer system
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which means that the exterior of the
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helmet
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and the inside cradle that touches your
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head on the helmet
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actually can move independently of one
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another
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and as you can see if i twist this now
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you can see the internal cradle actually
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has some rotational movement there
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whereas the external external area stays
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in one place
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and this is really really important
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because if you are unlucky enough
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to have a crash you may come down and
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have that sudden
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stop but there's still some movement
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there
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and tests have proven that the
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rotational
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safety effect of mips can actually
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greatly reduce
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some really serious accidents and
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injuries so that's a really great
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feature to have now the mips rotational
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system
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on this is included in small yellow
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elastomers which you may be able to see
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on closer inspection you can see one
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there too and that
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allows that rotation and that is all
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connected to the inside
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cradle which includes gyro's own rock
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lock
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5 adjustment system and this is a quick
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micro fit adjustment and it means you
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can pop it onto your head
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you can dial it in just as you like and
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you can get a really nice
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safe and secure fit and it will mean
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that the helmet doesn't wobble around on
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your head
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super super good features there now
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another safety feature that is very
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important
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is the eps foam construction the molded
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eps control
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con eps foam construction of the gyro
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source mips
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also helps to ward off impacts and
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strikes and actually
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absorbs any impacts that you might have
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and it will
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absorb any type of impact from obviously
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a crash
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impact to maybe even a branch as you're
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riding along
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so you don't really need to worry about
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low speed or high speed
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impacts because the eps foam inside here
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should protect you really really well
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now to keep the helmet
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onto your head we have a very simple
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buckle
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here that clips into place and we've got
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these really nice
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flat straps that are nice and secure up
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against your face
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with nice separators there to stop them
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from binding and getting in the way
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very very comfortable features another
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great feature of the gyro source mips
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is this the adjustable visor now the
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adjustable
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visor obviously is great if you want to
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store goggles or glasses up there
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but it's also great depending on what
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kind of bike you ride now recently
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i've just started gravel riding and as
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i'm not really a gravel rider i much
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prefer to wear a mountain bike style
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helmet the thing is on a mountain bike
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helmet the peak comes
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quite low down like that and on a
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mountain bike that's fine you have a
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really nice
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line of sight but on a gravel bike
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you'll lean over a little bit more and
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your line of sight can be blocked
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by the visor but with this you can
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adjust it out of the way
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and you still have a really great line
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of sight regardless of what kind of bike
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you're riding
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so in a race setting on an enduro
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setting
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it doesn't matter that adjustable visor
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means you've got a really great point of
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view
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and you can also have a place to store
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your goggles and glasses as you're
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riding
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so that's it this is the gyro source
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mips helmet it's available this really
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beautiful light gray color
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we also have this dark gray color and
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there are a few other colors available
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online too
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if you want any more information about
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the gyrosource mips please head over to
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single track world now where i've got a
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full writer for more photos
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and if you've got any questions about
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this helmet please feel free to let me
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know in the comments below thank you
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very much see you all soon bye
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