any info on the new specialized road helmet (spotted in TdF)

[wallymann]

spotted on the mellons of both tinkoff and astana.

not super aero...its not a prevail, it's not an airnet.

bruised-up bert rockin the new hat.

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p480x480/13592700_10153841670484492_3709323276653056588_n.j pg?oh=44bf95d3151b62e92cdd2c612f4e5c78&oe=57FF9729

[enr1co]

With all the Specialized love on this board, I'm guessing there has been little urgency to the keyboard by folks to do a Google search :p

[wallymann]

With all the Specialized love on this board, I'm guessing there has been little urgency to the keyboard by folks to do a Google search :p

yeah, i googled "new specialized helmet" and a host of other variations on the theme...got bupkis for this lid.

[jlwdm]

Not much info but here it is:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/07/tour-de-france/tour-bits-new-helmets-shoes-and-super-light-tt-set-ups_412137

Lower profile than Prevail.

Jeff

[fignon's barber]

Better venting, a bit more aero, if it has the great fit of the prevail.....winner!

[rnhood]

It appears that Specialized has taken a really good helmet and made it even better. Given that I love my Prevail, I might be hard pressed not to buy one. Yes, this new helmet is a prospective winner.

[wallymann]

side-view a-la tony martin

http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0Q6A5826-800x533.jpg

[CDollarsign]

It says 'prevail' on it...

[suissecheese]

side-view a-la tony martin

http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0Q6A5826-800x533.jpg

didn't know he was irish...

[cadence90]

didn't know he was irish...

That photo is of Dan Martin, not Tony. Both ride for E-QS.

[wallymann]

didn't know he was irish...

all these damn martins, in the same team no less!

[wallymann]

It says 'prevail' on it...

good eyes!!! so we're apparently looking at the next-gen prevail.

the etixx squad rockin the new hats en-masse:

http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/2016/07/01/2/20165581_320469_670.jpg

[dton]

Does anyone with an in know when these helmets will be available in NA? I smashed my Kask and need a new helmet. May hold out for these but I find it strange there hasn't been a peep about them since the first week. There's pricing out for the UK apparently..

[beeatnik]

This should be merged with the Hideous Helmets thread.

[soulspinner]

This should be merged with the Hideous Helmets thread.

Yup. Thats uuuugly...

[Jeffie]

Sounds like fall from this:
http://road.cc/content/tech-news/196553-specialized-prevail-ii-helmet-launched-lighter-and-lower-profile-2017

[dton]

Called the bike shop and they quoted Sept as an arrival date. I managed to score a deal on a Kask again otherwise I would be waiting for these.

To each their own, I actually find the helmet not bad looking.

http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0Q6A4889-400x225.jpg

[sw3759]

from some angles it looks decent from other angles it looks hideous.that kask protone is a decent looking lid if I was in the market for an aero helmet but I don't think they vent as well as some of the other less aero helmets so that would limit the use for the area I live in.currently using a prevail.which I thought was ugly when they first came out

[weightshift]

It definitely takes some aero cues from the Airnet. The slimmer, taller looking, rounder profile. Not bad. I think with all new helmets, the more you see them out there, the more they start to look good.

The Protone was weird when I first saw it, but then the Paul Smith gradient version came out and it sold me, along with the white.

That said, I use a Giro Synthe, and I love the clean lines. I've always wondered why helmets had the crazy swoops and upturns and tails, when everything else is meant to look sleek and minimal. When aero-style helmets started coming around, it felt like everybody thought they were really strange. But if you're into motorcycles or cars, this sort of aesthetic shouldn't be surprising.