The Kask Protone Icon is an incredibly nice, terrific-fitting helmet. The fit mechanism is simple, effective, and highly adjustable. I love the chin strap which is not made of the typical weave, it is more of a leatherette material which doesn't get saturated with sweat during a long ride. Super lightweight and great cooling airflow. I love every bit of it. Only drawback is it doesn't use MIPS, but it is still a very good performer in testing. Highly recommended. Worth the price paid. I got the dark blue version and its absolutely stunning.
Over the years I have used Giro and Kask road helmets but decided to try the Sweet Protection Falconer 2Vi due to it being at the top of the Virginia Tech helmet safety ratings (5-star with MIPS). Sweet Protection is fairly new to cycling but have been manufacturing snowboarding / ski helmets for years and is currently used by the UNO-X Mobility pro cycling team. After 6 months of use it has become my favorite helmet. It fits well, comparatively light - I sometimes forget I have it on, good ventilation, sleek looking - not a "mushroom" look, convenient sunglass storage, comfortable retention strap. Highly recommended!
I originally purchased this light for my Giro road helmet. It connects perfectly to the Roc Loc. Due to how increasingly dangerous it is to ride a bicycle in the Atlanta area due to distracted and reckless motorists, I bought a a Giro DH FF helmet for riding on city streets, it the hopes that it may save my life. I tried some other helmet lights but they are just not visible as the Giro Roc Loc light. While it doesn't attach to my helmet as designed, it will with some creative velcro applied to the helmet & the light. This the brightest LED I have been able to find and i find it odd there are not other options of this luminance quality.
I own 3 KASK Protone helmets. Having survived 2 serious crashes aboard 2 different road bikes, both without cranial damage of any kind, my black/red unit and my light blue unit are retired. I have owned many quality road specific helmets. It so happens that the KASK Protone fits my head as though custom formed for it. My first violent get off occurred when a medium sized German Shepherd darted out from my periphery directly in front of my wheel at 21 mph. 7 broken bones and a week in hospital. My helmet absorbed a major blow that easily would've been a severe concussion at best. That was the legacy of my black/red Protone. Severely scarred, but not fractured. Thank you KASK. More recently, i experienced a sudden deflation of front tire/latex tube, watching both peel off the carbon rim almost instantaneously. Freak happening. Lost control of the bike and down i went. Again, my noggin was saved by Light Blue that day. There might be equally effective helmets out there, but KASK has won my confidence with their amazing Protone.
