Is Dark Helmet Illegal? UCI Reevaluates Time Trial Helmet Design Rules!

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Giro's new Aerohead II aero TT helmet is making the UCI rethink the rules mixing safety & aerodynamic gains...

. But maybe the UCI wasn’t so impressed with Giro’s out-of-the-box thinking. Today the UCI announced plans for a new “in-depth analysis of the regulations governing the design and use of time trial helmets”. It seems the dramatically protruding proboscis on the front of Team Visma riders’ heads may have opened up a can of worms…Then, possibly Rudy Project’s next-generation Windgream HL 85, raced in gray camo by Bahrain Victorious.

The constant quest for improved performance and ever-increasing attention given to detail is leading professional teams and equipment manufacturers to develop their equipment more often and with ever more radical designs. The Union Cycliste Internationale today wishes to clarify its position concerning the category of helmet.

After conducting a thorough process, which included consultation with Specialized, as well as examination of documentation linked to the helmet’s certification, safety instructions, and information from public sources, it was concluded that the head sock is a “non-essential” component . As a result, the head sock integrated into the TT5 helmet will no longer be permitted for use at events on the UCI International Calendar, effective from 2 April, 2024.

In view of the evolution of these situations as well as other problems encountered in recent years, in relation to the requirement for commercial availability, the ban on non-essential components and the shape and size of time trial helmets, the UCI will undertake a review of its rules on the design and use of helmets in competition. By doing so, it wishes to ensure that they set a clear framework that is consistent with the objectives targeted.

 

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