E-Bikes can travel at speed. To help support your safety you need to wear gear that will protect you at these speeds. So what type of helmet do you need to keep you safe on your E-bike?
Riding an E- Bike
Riding an E-Bike is a different experience to a standard bike. This is for a number of reasons but the thing you notice the most is how easy it is to go fast. To safely ride at a greater speed you need to be more aware of your surroundings and ride in a defensive way. If you were to get into an accident it would happen at speed giving you less reaction time and increasing the forces of impact. This means you need to be equipped with gear that will do a good job of protecting you.
The best E-Bike helmet should have the ability to give you this type of protection.
The best E-Bike helmet should provide visibility, so others can see you when you are travelling at speed.
Does an E- Bike Helmet need to be different to a standard helmet?
While your helmet does not need to be a special helmet we do recommend a performance helmet with the design features a fast road rider or technical mountain biker would expect – good impact absorption, added protection from rotational forces (MIPS) and a wrapped or molded liner.
There are certified E-Bike helmets in the international market. This means they have been designed to match the type of impacts an E-Bike rider can create in an accident….greater impact force due to greater speeds. (E-Bikes can regularly reach speeds of 45km/hr or more). These specific E-bike helmets have greater head coverage, some including ear coverage, molded or wrapped liners and thicker liners to match the potential for greater impact force.
This is a rapidly expanding area for bike helmet brands so we can expect some new helmets to be released into the market and hopefully into NZ as well.
Features of an E-Bike Helmet (Performance Level Helmet)
Materials
The inner liner of a helmet, the foam, EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) is important. The foam is what manages the energy of your crash. The foam a helmet is constructed from can be very different from helmet to helmet. This is where a lot of the hidden benefits in a performance helmet can be found. The foam in a helmet absorbs any impact. When this foam has been strengthened, thickened or doubled in layers you will get better protection. How this liner/foam is attached to the outer shell of your helmet also gives you better strength as it keeps the helmet together. The photo shows an example of wrap molding on a helmet which adds significant strength to the helmet.
Design
The shape of the bike helmet. should give you good head coverage and it is smooth and round like your skull/head. Your helmet needs to stay on your head in an impact so a quality adjustment system will allow you to fit the helmet to your head.
- good quality liner (EPS foam) that has had strengthening added
- good head coverage, sitting low at the side & back of the head
- outer shell should be molded to inner liner not glued or taped
- must have adjustment system to fit to the shape of your head
- MIPS (multi-directional impact system) is recommended. MIPS redirects impact force because it allows the helmet outer to independently rotate
Visiblity
Choose bright colours or patterns for your helmet so others can see you.
You could consider a helmet that has an integrated light or can be popped in and use this light night or day to help you be seen
Choosing an E-Bike Helmet
goRide has selected helmets to match E-Biking. Choose the Helmet that suits the type of E-Biking you do.
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