On this edition of the Ask Coach Parry Cycling podcast we get some valuable advice from our cycling coach Devlin Eyden regarding the quality of the helmet you buy. How much do you value the protection of your head? We look at pricing and what the different pricing structures offer you when you are out on your cycling training sessions, in terms of protecting the safety of your head.
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Brad Brown: It’s good to have you with us once again here on this edition of the Ask Coach Parry Cycling podcast and we spoke a little bit about mountain bikes in the last edition, with regards to gear and we’ve got another gear question today Devlin.
It’s got to do with helmets, unfortunately it’s a necessary evil, if you value your pip, but someone is asking, what should you be looking for in a helmet and obviously, from a pricing perspective, it’s ridiculous the scope and difference in pricing, you can pick up a helmet for a few hundred bucks and then they go up to a good few thousand bucks.
What should you be looking for in a helmet?
Devlin Eyden: Look Brad, you touched on it first off there, it’s your head you’re protecting at the end of the day, so my suggestion here is, this is the one area that I would actually sacrifice a little bit more money and spend a bit more on a good helmet.
What you’re typically looking for in a good helmet is obviously something that you want relatively lightweight, you want something that’s got a lot of decent airflow through it. You lose a lot of your body heat through your head when you’re training, so it’s important to have good airflow through the helmet to remove the heat and to keep you cool at the same time.
Make sure your helmet comes with a crash replacement plan
Then, more importantly, when you’re looking at brands out there and the kind of deal that you might be getting, is look for a helmet that has a crash replacement plan and what that means is if you happen to fall and crack the helmet, a lot of the brands out there, in the top end helmets, you can actually take it into the store that you bought it from. Obviously you need your receipts with you, but you take it in to the store and they will actually replace that helmet, brand new, for a third of the price, usually.
Obviously each brand has got slightly different deals. It is important to look for something with a crash replacement plan that they will warranty that helmet should it undergo some sort of crash or structural damage and you’ll pay a fraction of the price to get a brand new helmet of the same quality.
I think, again, when it comes to your head and protection, this is where I would spend a little bit more money and buy something that’s really good.
BB: Absolutely, if your noggin is worth about R300 at the Pick ‘n Pay Hypermarket, then be our guest, but yes, I’m with you on that one Devlin. I want to protect my pip, it’s one of those things I don’t mind spending some bucks on, on a good helmet.
Until next time, from myself, Brad Brown and our cycling coach, Devlin Eyden, don’t forget, if you’d like to check out some coaching packages or perhaps our online seminars, the website to get to is coachparry.com, all the details are there.
Until next time, from the two of us, it’s cheers.
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