Customer Reviews

Giro Indicator Bike Helmet (Red/Titanium, Universal Fit)

5 star:		(116)
4 star:		(48)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I bought this helmet last September. Excellent fit, very comfortable, light, and good ventilation. It's protection ability was tested yesterday when I hit a curb wrong and went flying - cracked the helmet & recieved 16 stiches to my eye but no concusion or other head injury... which really surprised the emergency room doctor. I'm buying the exact same model today as my replacement.

This helmet was really exactly what I wanted. It has a good fit and actually looks good on my head. The cheapo helmets that I was looking at at local retail stores were gigantic on my head (super thick) and I looked like a kid riding his bike in a cereal commercial or something. This has a much better 'low profile' design and it includes several extra cushioning pads that you can place where you want to inside the helmet. Very good purchase!

You can tell the dramatic difference in the weight of this helmet versus a comparably priced Bell helmet. It's as light as they get, comfortable, and definitely keeps your head cool.

The big negative and the reason for 2 stars is the Y shaped adjustable connecter that connect the two straps on each side of the ear to form the single strap that connects under jaw.

Most Y connectors allow the straps to lay flat against your cheek, this one however forces a twist to the straps as they enter the connector, making the strap and connector rest at an angle on your cheek. Not only is this very uncomfortable, but I imagine very un-aerodynamic. My friend has a bigger round face (he's overweight) and it was very uncomfortable. I am in shape and still had the strap angle on my cheeks instead of resting flat, so just adjusted the Y connector under my jaw line so I didn't have to feel it. That worked fine for me and still felt secure and safe for an accident, but my friend could not adjust it that low given his facial structure. The only good thing about the Y connector is it flips open easily with a finger so you can adjust it up or down quickly without a mirror. However, the way it rests on your cheeks is unacceptable and should never have made it to the assembly line (imo).

This helmet performed perfectly during a recent bike accident. I went over the handlebars due to a front tire lockup. This happened so quickly I did not have time to react (ie. attempt to break my fall). Luckily I had my Giro Indicator on when I landed on my head! The shell was scuffed up however it was not cracked. The styrofoam absorbed the impact and did break up as you would expect. Even though I suffered multiple injuries (fractured clavicle, road rash, bruising, etc) I did not even have a headache after the crash.
This helmet works. Thank you Giro.

Was looking for a biking helmet after purchasing a new Trek 1500 this weekend and wasn't sure what I was looking for..

I went to Giro's website and read up on the company and it's history and thought I would try to see if I could find an "affordable" helmet thinking that these helmets were more "high end" and that most likely I would end up with a "cheaper" line but I was pleasantly surprised when I ran across one of these at a specialty bike shop for only $35! I tried it on and with the help of a wonderful sales person in the store had it adjusted to my head! The color I chose was white and found the fit and comfort of the helmet to be very good! So...I plunked down my $35 and tried it out that afternoon and love the feel and look! So for those of you looking for a name brand helmet at an affordable cost you can't go wrong with this line! Very pleased with my choice!

I purchased Giro indicator because I like the brand and this model has good reviews. I dismissed the complaints about the straps twisting against your face because I thought that the reviewers must be picky or adjusting them incorrectly. After receiving the helmet in the mail, I can confirm that the straps do in fact twist and lay at an irritating angle against your face. I am in the Marines and used to wearing kevlar helmets made by the lowest bidder so I would not consider myself picky about comfort. In my opinion, the build quality is also slightly less than my wife's Trek brand helmet which is similarly priced.

...they say lightening never strikes twice in the same place. I know this is a fallacy that has been disproved in reality. I've personally seen it strike twice or more in the same place. So I don't like to take chances.

You're no doubt wondering what she's babbling about, since we all know this helmet is NOT going to protect you from lightening right?

Over twenty years ago I came up off a bike and came down on my head. (That just explains everything about this review now doesn't it?) I managed to get away with a head full of stitches a badly wrenched back and otherwise no major damage. Life got in the way of my riding and I got off a bike for more than twenty years.

So now, finally getting back on a bike, I'm taking things a bit more seriously and not wanting to take unnecessary chances, I started looking into helmets. I'm a big girl (one of the reasons for getting back on a bike) and have a large head. So a helmet that fits comfortably was vital. Being an avid reader and research nut I wanted to make the right choices, so I read ALL the reviews here (thanks everyone, you're awesome!) and decided this was the helmet for me to start with.

Now I've not crashed yet, and have no plans to do so, but I am wearing my new helmet. It was easily adjusted to fit my head comfortably, and within moments of riding with it on, I forgot it was there. The airflow is great, I thought this was going to make me sweat more, going to be hot and unpleasant. But it's not.

It's light, comfortable, has good airflow and frankly, the sweat pads inside the helmet do a wonderful job of keeping the sweat out of my eyes. One of the other concerns I had was how it looked, or would look. I've never been big on hats to start with and thought I'd look and feel like a dork with this giant thing on my head. Looking like a dork was as much a function of the lines of the helmet as my own internal issues, and in terms of looks it's a good looking helmet. As to feeling like a dork, riding around for a while where everyone else was wearing proper head cover and I wasn't? Well that made me feel like a dork.

So it's a comfortable, cool, good looking, adjustable helmet that is CPSC rated, and more important all the reviews have been great, so how can you go wrong right? And it's affordable, which in this economy is a really good thing. God willing I'll never have to update this review with how it saved my head, cause I really don't want to find out how good it is the hard way. But it's better to be safe than sorry right?

I love this helmet. I actually bought another Indicator almost 3 years ago when I started out riding, and last Fall I was commuting daily to my University about 3 miles away.

First off, the fit feels good. It's snug, the snap-clip underneath your chin isn't scratchy or bothersome, and the ratchet in back holds well (and isn't cheap, like the Bell versions - just look at the two).

The design provides some excellent airflow. A good sign for me was, when I still had short hair, I'd show up with a miniature "3-hawk" that had to be combed or watered down.

More than that, this thing took a beating for me. A mother in a Ford Explorer cut me off one day in heavy traffic while I was going about 30 MPH. With less than 50' between the Explorer and myself, I hauled on the brakes, endo'd, rolled on the pavement, under the Explorer (she had stopped it by then), and then a trip to the Emergency room.

My left wrist hurt like hell where I had braced myself against her car, I tore the anterior ligaments on my clavicle and my entire right arm dropped about 3-4mm, leaving me with a permanent bump - but my head came out clear as day and without the slightest dent. Looking back, I can see the scuff marks on the helmet itself and the point on the back where it hit the hardest, denting the foam about half an inch in.

Now I'm back buying another.

First, the review published 2 months ago by Joel Seguin is totally right on the money regarding the y-straps. The design is not only uncomfortable but distracting and therefore could be dangerous. The helmet that I received is also not particularly well made: it's functional (I can put it on and buckle it close)but the quality is definitely on the minimum standard level. The Styrofoam while intact has a lot of deep scratch-like indentations and appears to have been peeled of the mold in a haphazard manner w/ numerous thin flaps sticking out. It came w/ 4 extra stick-on pads w/ totally useless double-sided adhesive: you can barely peel it off and once I did get it to peel off it didn't stay glued to the helmet and fell after a couple of fittings, the adhesives are left on the interior of the helmet waiting for hair and scalp. Also there should be something to cover the holes after one chooses to remove the visor, as they are left irregularly shaped. Sorry but this helmet is just a notch better than those sold at Wlmrt and Trgt stores.

i like the helmet nice shape and all. my only problem is that it says universal fit on the web site. then when you get it home the paper work says universal fit between 2 sizes. for products like these Amazon should start posting a like to read the users manual, so that we do not have to rely on the company advertisement to see if the product is what we are looking for.