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Old February 23rd, 2010, 07:59 AM   #37
karlosdajackal
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It looks nice and all but I'm not convinced by the weight. According to Web bike world in XL size it weighs 1514 grams, My IS-16 in XL size weighs 1653. So you benefit in weight by 139 grams, but you loose the integrated sun visor.

An i-phone 3gs weighs 135 grams, a nexus one is 130 grams, as near as makes no difference.

It does look to be built a little bit better, but vents and features seem the same as the much cheaper IS-16. But even at that price its does not seem to be too much benefit and you loose the 2nd sun visor. I just bought a 2nd IS-16 for €99, so now I have a black one for daylight and a white one for night time.

I suppose if your happy with it that's all that matters, but just remember the outer layer maybe lighter carbon fiber, but the rest of the layers are the same old stuff in every other helmet, so its not that much lighter. I think some people could spend half as much money on a hair cut and get as much benefit
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