Smith Optics Overtake Helmet Review

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Light, Aero, Safe, and Unique.

Smith Overtake Helmet

Smith continues their foray into the cycling world with the Overtake road helmet. It features the same Aerocore™ technology as their innovate Forefront all-mountain helmet, using thermally-welded Koroyd® co-polymer tubes to create a lightweight, highly-breathable, protective matrix. Because of the strength of this inner piece, the outer EPS shell can have more strategically placed vents to allow all those tubes to move air off your head as effectively as possible. Not only this, but the Aerocore™ construction has also permitted the helmet to be aerodynamically shaped, having tested in the tunnel to have less Wind Averaged Drag than some of the popular “aero” road helmets on the market.

Adjustable Fit System

Externally, Smith has designed built-in sunglass storage into its cosmetics so that you can easily keep them on the front or back of the helmet when you’re not wearing them. The brow of the helmet has been made to have a taller field-of-view than its competitors so you don’t have to crane your neck when you’re riding in the drops, and the helmet rests on a new X-Static reactive-cooling liner attached to Smith’s VaporFit™ adjustable fit system to ensure a personalized and secure fit.

Claimed weight: 250 g.

Available in multiple colorways.