LG Rocket helmet..rocks!!
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gfd posted 1 year ago.
That is good news. Last week I ordered a Giro Advantage. It won't be in until May though.
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ShaverR6 posted 1 year ago.
That is great to hear, you make me feel better about ordering my LAS chrono helmet. My dad gives me a hard time about that one. :)
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wesmeyer11 posted 1 year ago.
Yeah, I just ordered the Giro advantage as well. Can't wait for that puppy to come in. I know people are going to pass me on the bike in long course events and think that guy has aero wheels and an aero helment and I just left him in the dust - but I take pleasure in passing them back on the run when they are blowing up from going too hard on the bike. I will take any free speed I can get (although $2000 buks for wheels and helmets isn't exactly free).
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Iron Man posted 1 year ago.
you guys are so lucky! no aero helmets are approved for racing by the Australian standards board so it looks like I'll be stuck with my faithful atmos!
i would love a giro advantage.
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Montreal.Doug posted 1 year ago.
That's good news, really. My sponsor got me a LG Rocket for 2007... can't wait to try it out! It's still snowing up here...
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solidad posted 1 year ago.
That's awesome. I have heard over and over, that aero helmet beats aero wheels anyday -- of course both is nice. I am in the market, but since I live in the deep south I want something that won't get too hot...
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jfuentes05 posted 1 year ago.
Aerodynamically speaking, is there going to be a big difference between an LG Rocket and an LG Chrono?
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fittycent posted 1 year ago.
solidad;62971 wrote:
I am in the market, but since I live in the deep south I want something that won't get too hot...
...well, not that it's relevant to our discussion, but NC is not considered deep south. Sorry, I'm a geography nerd! :)
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solidad posted 1 year ago.
fittycent;62984 wrote:
...well, not that it's relevant to our discussion, but NC is not considered deep south. Sorry, I'm a geography nerd! :)
How about Moderate South? :rolleyes:
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Airborne posted 1 year ago.
You know, I ordered the Bell Meteor II -- and resold it immediately. The thing was just SO unconfortable to wear. The size was right, but having that thing over my ears was just such a bother. Maybe other helmets with less constraining earflaps (or the Rudy one without earflaps) would be better ... for me, I'll race in my Sweep R. A few minutes of lost time is well worth the sanity I'll have with a breezy head.
Take this with a grain of salt though, as I do have pretty big and sensitive ears.
I'm not one given to excessive hyperbole over gear, especially in regards to the bike. I think any high end bike is as good as any other and the only real difference is in the marketing.
Having said that, today I went for a ride that I did last week and wore my LG Rocket for practice. Last week when I did this ride it was a bit warmer but today was more windy. Last week I did the ride on a Thursday and today I did it coming off of a rest day. Having qualified that....OH MY GOD! Aero helmets really work. I was more than 4 min. faster over 49 miles, I averaged 22.3mph last week @ 143HR and today went 23mph flat @ 144HR today. I am amazed at how different it all felt, especially going into a headwind. It's just felt easier to hold pace and cadence better than when I wear my Bell Sweep R. It also gave me a chance to really practice staying low and aero on the bars, I only sat up a few times to climb some steep hills. Again, there are so many variables in trying to compare training sessions but I can't say enough as to how different it did feel.
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