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,

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    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.

    https://ventete.com/products/ah-1

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      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

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        I think you’d be better off getting a MIPS helmet. This is definitely a cool design project turned into novelty product.

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        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

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          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.

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            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. 🙂

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              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.