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Power Savings + Ventilation: Specialized Officially Releases the S-Work Evade Aero Helmet

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Not too long ago we spotted a blacked out Specialized helmet at Milan San Remo and speculated we’d see it on the market in not too long. And sure enough teams including Saxo-Tinkoff, Astana and Omega Pharma-QuickStep are wearing the final versions. Geek out on numbers and more after the break…

The redesign in Specialized’s S-Works Evade wasn’t just motivated by their fancy new aero tunnel, but also by comfort. Word is some team riders eschewed other aero helmets because they were overheating their noggins, so the new design had to vent well. So if the pros keep the Evade on throughout the tour, it’ll be an aero helmet we can all actually wear. But as far as those numbers go, they probably won’t disappoint either, as is evidenced by the following graphic from Specialized:

evade-charts-200b

Notice the Evade saves about 10 watts at 40 KM/H over the Prevail, at 300 watts you’ll add about .5 KM/H, and when a super pro rider maxes out at 1000 watts in a 200 meter sprint, he’ll save about 2.6 meters. Now that’s using your head!

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Steve M
Steve M
10 years ago

2.6 meters at 200? Really? a helmet sitting on a post in a wind tunnel is a whole different thing than thrashing around argy bargy with fifty lunatics.

Gerald H
Gerald H
10 years ago

Ugly

Felix
Felix
10 years ago

No way that helmet can save anything close to 20 watts. They could at least have taken a good-looking helmet with the same fake numbers.

kyle
kyle
10 years ago

fugly

Dad
Dad
10 years ago

Anybody else think it has a slight resemblance to the Aliens’ heads from the Alien movie series? http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/jpg/2903_press02-001.jpg

Robo
Robo
10 years ago

Wah.

gimmiegimmiegimmie

Kingsprinter
Kingsprinter
10 years ago

That is positively ugly…. Makes the Giro Air Attack look like a piece of art.

Psi Squared
Psi Squared
10 years ago

An independent MIT study found that the head/helmet is a bigger source of drag than wheels, so it’s no surprise helmet companies are looking at improving helmet aerodynamics. Of course there’s no way anyone can be sensible comments about aerodynamics from just looking at pictures. That’s why aero guys use things like CFD and wind tunnels equipped with force balances.

KJR
KJR
10 years ago

Reminds me of the old Briko Twinner helmet. Everything that’s old is new again. This is such a cyclical industry…

Had
Had
10 years ago

http://www.hamiltonwheelers.cc/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/028.jpg

It seems that Vetta is getting ready for they come back.

Jack
Jack
10 years ago

Just needs some little downforce wings and I’m in. Should earn $200 a day panhandling in it.

joe
joe
10 years ago

ugly as crap and theyre totally exaggerating those wind tunnel results. Specialized is dumb.

TTT
TTT
10 years ago

It looks FST as FCK lol

danwiz
danwiz
10 years ago

it does look fast as f.ck. and do you really think that Specializedwould just make up numbers. I’m sure they are all sittin around their boardroom thinking of things to lie about. “Yeah we’re gonna make up a bunch of stuff about this goofy lookin helmet”. Those that think this are probably conspiracy folks or worse a scientologist

Psi Squared
Psi Squared
10 years ago

@ Joe: please give your proof that the aero benefits are on the new crop of helmets. Obviously you must have data to make such an insightful comment.

bikeshop.nl
10 years ago

Yesterday, the Astana team and Contador wore the Prevail. The second picture of Contador is a Prevail also.
For the climbing stages, I guess.

Out for a Ride
Out for a Ride
10 years ago

Why does everyone think this is ugly?! This thing looks awesome! It’s like an Independence Day Alien fighter ship all scaled down and ventilated.

Helmets have clearly looked too similar for too long, or maybe I’m just not cut to be a roadie. I might get one for the trails.

dust eater
dust eater
10 years ago

“Evidenced” by….. a marketing graph released by Specialized…. Enough said.

Eric
Eric
10 years ago

If this is what it has come to for me to win… I now accept loosing by 2.6 meters. Fugly.

evil
evil
10 years ago

they claim that you’re going 43kph at 300… I’d like to see the rider who can achieve that. So at 1000w how fast are you supposed to be going? 70kph? What size helmet are they using? The numbers might not be fake, but they’re certainly skewed. Probably represents a tiny rider with an enormous noggin, which he keeps perfectly still.

Psi Squared
Psi Squared
10 years ago

Hey, evil: AnalyticCycling.com calculates it requires a 75kg rider with an aero area of 0.5 sq. meters,a drag coefficient of 0.5, and a Crr of 0.004 on flat ground to put out 296.7W to go 43kph. Science trumps uninformed doubt every time.

Mariette
Mariette
10 years ago

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!!!

Sauron
Sauron
10 years ago

I think it looks cool regardless of whether or not it gives aero benefits. It’s a hell of a lot better looking than Giro’s salad bowl.

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