The Ventete aH-1 Cycle Helmet, awarded the prestigious Luminary Winner title at this year’s Red Dot Award: Design Concept, is an innovative take on personal safety for urban cyclists. At a time when cities are embracing cycling as a sustainable and efficient mode of transport, the aH-1 helmet emerges as a design-forward solution, combining portability,
Red dot is a fake bs award that companies basically buy to sound good.
FYI, my ass won the blue line design award
…but have you “won” a JD Powers award?
And associates.
If it’s on Yanko Design it’s probably ridiculous
Man oh man… Let’s begin.
This compact form allows the helmet to fit easily into a bag or even a large pocket, addressing a key pain point for cyclists who often struggle with where to store their helmets off the bike.
Is this really a key pain point?
Recent research looking into why cyclists don’t wear helmets said that, “…with the most common being that they did not own a helmet, that it was inconvenient, or that it was uncomfortable.” (Source)
But with this inflatable helmet, “When it’s time to ride, a small USB-C pump inflates the helmet in under 30 seconds, providing a quick and convenient transition from portability to protection.”
Pulling out an electric pump (which are NOT quite) and inflating your helmet for 30 seconds is not convenient and would pretty much be the cause for not wearing it. Oh, and don’t forget to charge that pump, or your helmet won’t work!
That, along with how expensive this will be, it’s basically complicating something that isn’t complicated.
This might solve a problem for a wealthy, regular cyclist who is a tech nerd and already wears a helmet. But even that would require that they are ok with new inconveniences.
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It’s not Snell or ANSI certified, but is EN-1078.
EN-1078 permits lighter, thinner helmets than some of the other standards because it subjects helmets to impacts from lower heights than either Snell or CPSC. It’s not as simple as that, though, as EN-1078 does require a lower test line than Snell and CPSC, which may require that the helmet provide slightly more coverage.
I have a closca loop helmet, which is also collapsible (not inflatable) and fits nicely in a backpack.
I presume it’s not as light as an inflatable helmet, but it feels like a normal helmet, costs like a normal helmet, and I don’t need a pump to use it.
I don’t know if there are any other brands that make this but I’m super pleased with the concept. It lets me have a helmet in my backpack in situations where I wouldn’t be carrying a helmet otherwise, for using with scooters and the like.
That’s a concept concept.
Is that link broken for anyone else? Or is it a bug in Voyager?
The link is just broken.
Here’s where it’s supposed to point: https://www.closca.com/They skipped the "https://” and some clients don’t recognize it as a URL.
Oh interesting. Apologies, I’ve edited it now. It was working for me so I didn’t notice.
That’s a neat concept
Can’t remember ever looking to purchase a bike helmet online, so of course this one is only available in Europe so far.
That said, at least its a real product you can buy, today. Over half the time when an award-winning design sparks my interest, that is not the case.
Red Dot awards go to actual products that are in the market, but new. I’ve got 2 of them in that 2 of the products I worked on were awarded
Yeah, IDK how well this thing actually works, but it’s a novel concept and probably better than nothing.
I think you’d be better off getting a MIPS helmet. This is definitely a cool design project turned into novelty product.
It probably works better than dashing your brains out across three metres of pavement, which is the apparent game plan of most of the people I see on scooters and bikes around town
Hi, I’m people. This product addresses 99% of my problem with helmets. I could finally maybe be trusted with an e-bike to get to work regularly, versus just blocking traffic(read: using the side-walk wherever possible because no-one walks in this town anywnys) with my mountain-bike when my car isn’t working.
Weird to get the concept of speed-increases-danger, I know.
Can’t believe you got downvoted for being absolutely right. I don’t remember the last time I saw a bike helmet in use, save by a person whose entire wardrobe wasn’t screaming “I bike in racing gear as a personality traight”. So … one-in-ten bikers around here.
I 100% do not care about the downvotes. Those people don’t even value their own brains, why should I?
Anyway, hope you get a helmet. 🙂
You’re not getting downvoted by the anti-helmet crowd, promise. You’re getting downvoted for the same reason I’ll ever tell my kids to shut-up; Being right doesn’t mean you have to be loud and obnoxious.
Was aiming for funny, so I’ll take that note. I think I’d be a lot less of a scold if all the people without helmets didn’t smirk when they saw me ride. I’ll own up to that.
Eh, I thought it was funny.
Nice innovation !
