Over the course of a number of hours and some dozen path miles, I had little to say concerning the Deflectr RLS, which is exactly what you need in a motorbike helmet. In different phrases, when a motorbike helmet is nicely made, it’s one thing you must neglect is there.
Apart from the odd alternative of strap (which, as I discussed, I received over shortly), the one knock I’ve is how the Deflectr RLS is, as of this writing, solely provided in considered one of two shade choices: matte black or metallic olive. Whereas these are each cool and all, these of us who experience beneath the brutal southern solar know the worth of a white or light-colored helmet.
The pattern helmet I used to be despatched got here in a extremely fascinating blocky black/white shade combo that each appeared cool and went a bit additional in maintaining the temps round my cranium down. Right here’s hoping there are extra shade choices on the horizon. In line with Canyon’s web site, the huge vents on the high of the Deflectr, mixed with the big consumption and exhaust vents work in tandem to maintain your head cool. Nonetheless, typically, within the useless of summer season, white generally is a rider’s finest good friend.
In line with RLS, the Deflectr is simply the primary in what’s going to quickly be a line of motorbike, bike, climbing, and even development helmets. And at simply $160, it’s considerably simpler on the pockets than a few of its modern high-end helmets, which might simply run into the $300 vary.
