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EB15: Kali adds new $99 Naka full face helmet, plus EU-only e-bike model

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Most of Kali’s new helmets debuted at PressCamp this summer, including the new aero road lid and more. But there were a couple new ones racked in their Eurobike booth – one for all of us and one aimed mainly at the e-bike market in Europe.

For the global market, the Naka replaces Savara to become their price point full face helmet. Retail is just $99, but weight for a medium is a very respectable 967g.

Unlike the high end, DOT-certified Shiva with a carbon fiber shell, the Naka uses standard EPS construction, not imnolded with the outer shell, but it does get a proprietary visor (as opposed to a catalog item found on so many other budget helmets).

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Bigger and new vents at the brow and chin help funnel cold air in, with the upper ones channeling it into shallow grooves inside the shell.

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Mesh coverings in the vents prevent intrusion of pointy objects, which is one of the tests full face helmets need to pass.

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A PU padding in the chin bar and ample padding throughout the rest of it shoukd keep it comparatively comfortable.

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Available later this year.

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This one is a Euro only helmet for e-bikes that hit speeds higher than 25km/h. Above that, Germany (and others) require a helmet with the same road-going certification as motorcycle helmets…and a license plate. This one meets this goals while looking like a modern aero road helmet.

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Yagil
Yagil
8 years ago

As many cyclists today, definitely roadies, hit speeds way higher than 25 km/h, any improvement in crash protections should be welcome. That is, if it is ridable and not a brick sitting on my head.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
8 years ago

Yagil…the jury hasn’t decided on what’s best for cyclists yet. If you KNOW you’re not going to be hit by a car, a motorcycle grade helmet may not protect you from brain damage as well as a bike helmet made to deal with a typical cycling speed impact. Also, my guess is that 25kmh is a direct hit rather than the impact from a cycling crash. If you crash at 50kph, your head doesn’t have a vertical impact speed of 50kph…maybe its only 15kph. The faster you’re going, the slower the vertical impact is likely to be. I’ve shattered quite a few helmets(one at over 50kph), the only crash where I actually felt the impact on my head was when I was hit by a motorcycle and actually fell on the back of my head while riding no more than 10kph(I was slowing down). I stronger helmet may not have dissipated the impact as well as a cycling helmet

Yagil
Yagil
8 years ago

Vegan – thanks a lot.
Michalis: I actually have a life, and that’s why I’m very interested in protecting it.

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