Building off the success of the more aerodynamics Ventral SPIN, POC brings us the Ventral Air SPIN Helmet, which carries nearly all of the features and safety aspects of the Ventral SPIN, but in a more everyday roadie model, with greater open ventilation zones, lower weight, and less overall aero capability. For those who just don't need or want a true aero road helmet, the Ventral Air SPIN brings POC's incredible commitment to rider safety and top-level performance into the mix.

Safety, performance and ventilation are the perfect trinity of the road helmet world and every major helmet company has labored to crack the code. As POC see's it, the Ventral Air SPIN sets new benchmarks for overall performance, safety and ventilation in a road bike helmet. Designed and created using feedback from professional riders in the pro peloton, POC's aerodynamic experts in the WATTS Lab, and combined with the company's experience and extensive computational fluid dynamic simulation and testing, the Ventral Air SPIN has been developed and analyzed from every crucial perspective. The Ventral design as an aero helmet has one story, while the integration of POC's patent-pending innovative SPIN rotational impact protection system, which while having a similar set of goals as the MIPS layer protection system, achieves reduced shearing force protection with a specially developed pad system.

SPIN refers to Shearing Pad INside. Medical experts in the POC Lab know that oblique impacts are common in cycling and can cause serious head injury due to a rotation of the helmet and head. That rotation at impact causes shearing or twisting of the brain within the skull, which leads to tissue damage beyond point of impact and the rebound effect. To counter oblique impacts, POC has created SPIN pads, which are optimized to provide rotational impact protection based on the precise location of the skull and pads inside the helmet. The pads feature silicon inside, which allows the movement. POC still uses the excellent Polygiene pad covers to wick away moisture and prevent funk. The objective of SPIN is to minimize the effects of an oblique fall by allowing the helmet to move relative to the head. With a properly fitted helmet you get the external impact protection, then the pads allow the helmet to rotate, reducing the shearing forces of rotation. That this technology merely replaces existing pads, there is no real weight gain or need for an expanded shell size to accommodate any layered protection system.... Read More