Giro Bike Helmets

Find the most important piece of bike protective gear – the mountain bike, road bike or commuter bike helmet – right here.

From the Giro Remedy helmet to the Giro Venti helmet and more, XSportsProtective has what you need to protect yourself while you ride on the mountain or on the street.

Want to see a quick reference of the differences between all of the Giro Bike Helmets? Check out our Giro Bike Helmet Line Up at the bottom of this page!

Giro Helmets – maker of the world’s finest bicycle helmets

Since 1985, Giro has been at the vanguard of helmet design and protection. With more units of bicycle helmets sold than any other manufacturer, Giro is quite simply the leader in the development of protective gear for your head.

Giro helmets – the steady march of progress and improvement

Helmet technology has improved steadily over the last 25 years. Helmets for bicycling used to be clunky things that were heavy and poor fitting. The reason? Helmet construction technology lagged significantly behind the science of head protection. Thus, for the cyclist who wanted head protection, his or her choice was limited to motorcycle-like helmets with little or no vents that could be weighed in pounds, not ounces.

Then in 1984 came a new protective standard, ANSI Z90.4, and an ingenious designer by the name of Jim Gentes who had a vision to design lightweight, well-vented, yet highly protective headgear that could achieve this new ANSI Z90.4 standard. (This ANSI standard has since been superceded by standards ASTM F1447 and CPSC.)

Gentes founded Giro Sport Design in 1985 and introduced his first helmet to the market in 1986, a oversized, expanded polystyrene (EPS) bicycle helmet that came with interchangeable bright-colored Lycra cloth helmet covers. Because it had no hard shell, this new Giro helmet was incredibly lightweight. It was also extremely well vented. And, with interchangeable Lycra covers, Gentes and his colleagues actually brought style into the mix. One day you could ride wearing a red Giro helmet, the next day you could ride wearing a blue one. Brilliant.

Over the next two decades, Giro continued to advance its helmet designs for bicycling. Later, when ski helmets and snowboard helmets became popular (and now nearly ubiquitous), Gentes and friends were able to apply much of their experience in constructing bicycle helmets to that of manufacturing helmets for snowsports.

Giro bicycle helmets – the marriage of fit, form and function

The breadth of range in the Giro helmet lineup really speaks to the commitment Giro has made to outfit each and every cyclist with a level of head protection unsurpassed by any other manufacturer in the business today. With 25 different models in the Giro bike helmet lineup, you are practically guaranteed to find a Giro helmet that will fit you perfectly – man or women, adult or child.

No matter if you’re a road rider, a mountain biker, a cyclocrosser, a BMX’er, a trackie, a triathlete, or a commuter, the chance is that you’ll find Giro cycling helmet that will work well for you.

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2011 Giro Bike Helmet Line Up – a discussion of Giro’s entire range

As a company, Giro manufactures the most comprehensive line of bike helmets available today. For 2011, Giro offers 26 different models for all types of cycling and for all ages.

Generally speaking, Giro offers helmets in six different categories:

• Road– for road racers, triathletes, and serious cyclists
• Mountain bike– for cross-country, all-mountain, and recreational mountain biking
• Full-face– for downhill, 4X/Dual Slalom, and freeride mountain biking
• BMX– for BMX, dirt jumping, trick riding, and urban cruising
• Recreational– similar to road racing helmets, but at lower price points
• Youth– for kids ages 1-10

At Xsportsprotective, we carry the following 2011 Giro Bicycle Helmets:

Road Bike Helmets

This is the proving ground for advances in helmet technology. As such, the helmets in this category are, for the most part, at the vanguard of head protection science and at the top end of price point. Models in the Road helmet category include:

Giro Ionos– the most well vented and very lightweight

Giro Prolight– the absolute lightest weight and well vented

Giro Atmos– very lightweight and very well vented

Giro Saros– lightweight and well vented

Mountain Bike Helmets

Giro helmets in this category have evolved over time from their Road counterparts. The advances in road helmet technology are employed in these mountain bike designs. However, mountain bike helmet shapes and features are a bit different than those of road helmets because the requirements of mountain biking are just that much different than road riding. Models in the Mountain Bike category include:

Giro Athlon– very lightweight, well vented, designed for cross-country MTB

Giro Xen– very lightweight, well vented, designed for all-mountain MTB

Giro Hex– lightweight, well vented, designed for more general MTB riding

Giro Phase– well vented, more general MTB riding, without latest Giro features

Fullface Bike Helmets

This, of course, is the most specific category of Giro bicycle helmets. Fullface helmets need to be worn by mountain bikers who participate in downhill, 4X/Dual Slalom, and freeride trick jumping. Due to the nature of their design, Giro fullface helmets are the single most protective helmets Giro manufactures. Hence, why they are required head protection for these most extreme events of mountain biking. The models here are only two:

Giro Remedy CF– extremely lightweight and strong due to its carbon fiber hardshell

Giro Remedy– similar in strength to the Remedy CF only not as lightweight

BMX Bike Helmets

The BMX category includes helmets of what are often called the skidlid variety. BMX’ers, dirt jumpers, and half pipe trick riders don’t need helmets that are tremendously well vented because they don’t typically ride at threshold heart rates for extended periods of time. Because these riders tend to wipeout more often, but at much lower impact speeds, BMX’ers need helmets that provide excellent head protection, but with a much greater degree of durability. Hence, the skidlid style – an EPS foam construction like a road helmet, but with a highly durable, thick ABS plastic or polycarbonate exterior hardshell that can deflect multiple low-energy impacts. The helmets in this category include:

Giro Surface–ABS hardshell, hardshell brim exudes attitude

Giro Section– polycarbonate hardshell, retro style

Giro Flak– ABS hardshell, retro style

Recreational or Commuter Bike Helmets

The helmets in this category are similar in style to those models in the Road category. They also pass the same tests for head protection certification as those in the Road category. However, they do so without all of the latest advances in lightness, venting, and features. Hence, these are the reasons why these high quality Recreational helmets from Giro can be offered at relatively low prices. Excellent for recreational cyclists and commuters, the models in this category include:

Giro Stylus – well vented, light, bridge model between Road & Enthusiast categories

Giro Rift– well vented, lightweight, universal fit

Giro Indicator– not as many vents as the Stylus or Rift, universal fit

Giro Skyla – same as the Indicator, but styled for women

Giro Venti – same as the Indicator, only for extra large heads

Youth Bike Helmets

At Xsportsprotective, we offer three Giro Youth helmets. They are:

Giro Spree– lightweight, vented, in-mold helmet for toddlers

Giro Rascal – lightweight, vented, universal fit up to 54 cm head circumference

Giro Flume– lightweight, vented, universal fit up to 57 cm head circumference