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Moto brand Suomy diving head first into cycling helmets

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Suomy Gun Wind road bike helmet for Team Lampre-Merida

Italian brand Suomy has been making a massive range of helmets for all manner of motorsports for years, and starting in February they’ll bring all that experience to all types of pedal-powered disciplines.

The lid above was spotted on Lampre-Merida riders at the Tour Down Under this week and is our first peek at what’s to come. It’s an interesting design, featuring perpendicular top vents with a reinforcing ridge with more traditionally angled vents along the side and rear.

Strap on your thinking cap for more pics and details…

Suomy Gun Wind road bike helmet for Team Lampre-Merida

This model’s called Gun Wind and weighs in at a claimed 230g for the XS/S/M size.

Suomy Gun Wind road bike helmet for Team Lampre-Merida

Suomy had this to say on the team’s website:

“We’re really satisfied with this new cooperation that will give us the opportunity to work for the next two years with Lampre-Merida,” Umberto Monti, president of Suomy Spa, explained. “What makes us so happy is not only the quality of the athletes of the team, but mostly the cooperation we received by the whole staff in order to improve the product.”

“We share the same search of the perfection and the same language, I’m sure this cooperation will works and the results are already on the head of the athletes: the new racing helmet Gun Wind and a Super Chrono, that is very performing in the wind tunnel.”

Suomy Gun Wind road bike helmet for Team Lampre-Merida

They’ve got a dedicated site set up for the bike helmets at SuomySport.com, where they’re saying we can expect helmets for road, track, MTB, downhill and commuters.

All pics thanks to GravelCyclist.com.

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JBikes
JBikes
9 years ago

Oooh, I LOVE my Suomy mc helmet.
Just hope this one isn’t as loud 🙂

Kyle
Kyle
9 years ago

Suomy rocks! Can’t wait to get my hands (head?) on one.

Bog
Bog
9 years ago

Good to see another player in the market but what’s up with the name “Gun Wind”!?

And those straps are massive. 1981 straps!

kaliyuga
kaliyuga
9 years ago

The name is probably a bad translation of something like “muzzle blast”. They should probably stick to the Italian version.

b
b
9 years ago

The straps are designed to support the rider’s entire body weight in the event that they go over a guardrail and get caught in a cliff-side tree.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
9 years ago

I’m guessing they bought that strapping in bulk for their moto helmets…no time to get something new to keep track of in the factories.
That said, I’m looking forward to seeing the TT helmet, hopefully those thick straps will lay flat

wallymann
wallymann
9 years ago

also love my suomy m/c helmet, but being noobies to cyclo-helmets they clearly have alot to learn. massive straps as already noted, associated hardware looks bulky too. and those vents…terrible! love the graphics, though. maybe v3.0 i’ll be ready to take a plunge.

AKBen
AKBen
9 years ago

ProCycling December 2014 shows a picture of Robbie Hunter in Barloworld kit wearing a Suomy helmet, circa 2007. Wonder where they were until now.

Kyle
Kyle
9 years ago

Looks like that was some sort of weird sponsorship/branding on a Kask helmet. http://www.roadbikeaction.com/contentimages/Maloney/2012/Racy%20Language/July/bettiniphoto_0028805_1_full.jpg

Dr Rosenrosen
Dr Rosenrosen
9 years ago

Is it pronounced “swami”?

FullGas
FullGas
9 years ago

Cool graphics. But, the rest of it is miles away from what Kask offers.

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