These work really well and – as with Giro helmets of the past – the vents are exactly in the right place for sticking your sunnies in. Giro’s standard straps and plastic hardware are specced here.Ī custom touch, however, is the additional of small rubber grippers at the entrance to the front/side vents which work as what some helmet manufacturers call an ‘eyewear dock’. The straps are easy to adjust for correct spacing around the ears. If you’ve got on well with the fit of Giro helmets in the past, you’ll get on well with the Synthe MIPS II. Some say Giro helmets suit rounder heads, but mine is more oval and since the days of the Pneumo 20 years ago I’ve found Giro road helmets to supply a glove-like fit. Helmet fit is a personal thing, but I’ve always got on well with Giro helmets. Thanks to the integrated Roc Loc 5 Air MIPS cradle, and probably due to the shape of the helmet itself too, comfort is very impressive. However, the Synthe II still compares very favourably to its more expensive siblings. Spherical MIPS dispenses with the slip liner since it consists of two shells that slip against each other, often compared to a ball and socket. The lower price reflects that the Synthe II doesn’t use the more sophisticated Spherical MIPS of the Eclipse, Aether and Helios. In 2017 when we included the original Synthe in our Editor’s Choice roundup of the year’s best kit it cost £249. Something indisputably lower is the price. (Image credit: Simon Smythe/Cycling Weekly)Įither way, we’re only talking grams and it’s certainly not a big deal: Giro’s very latest pro-level helmet, the Eclipse Spherical, has a claimed weight of 275g, which is a gram heavier than our size M Synthe MIPS II (actual weight).
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