Sena S1 Smart Cycling Helmet Review: Listen to Everything
One of The most important senses we have as cyclists are our hearing. Whether you are in a group, where other runners call the risks of road and traffic, or alone, to keep the ears for vehicles or other rides coming from our rear, our ears are almost as essential as our eyes.
Bone conduction headphones – which sit outside the ears and provide sound by vibration – has existed for some time. But Sena, based in Irvine, California, has always increased the bicycle helmets mark with integrated speakers. The most recent offer, the S1, mixes Sena’s audio technology with the aerodynamic advantages Enjoy so many road cyclists.
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Photography: Michael Venutolo-Maméovani
With a smooth outdoor shell, the Sena S1 looks, adapts and feels the whole aerodynamic road helmet that has exploded in popularity in the last decade. It is elegant, with a quintet of front vents and a pair on the back to keep your head cool during the hot rides. Its mixture of flat and shiny finishes gives the helmet a modern contrasting style that would look at the house in the peloton of the Tour de France.
It is light, weighs only 360 grams, and at $ 229, it is at the cost of a high-end aerodynamic helmet, despite the fact that it is equipped with a pair of Over-Ear speakers and a microphone Bluetooth connectivity, which allows you to communicate with other riders, of any variety of Helmet de Senea Helmet.
I tested the Sena S1 on one of the most stupid rides that I have done for a long time: that is to say when I started to travel a hundred kilometers around a quarter of asphalt near my home. (I am not totally mad. I swear I was doing it for another story.) For an boring and monotonous walk as the ¼ thousand century that I had to undertake, I needed a little distraction. Fortunately, I had a Sena S1 sitting in my office.
I have never really spoiled with headphones on my bike for several reasons. First and foremost, security. I like to hear what’s going on around me, especially when driving on the road. Second, as far as I am concerned, hearing the wind in my ears, the birds chick above my head, my tires sailing gently on the sidewalk or climbing dirt under my wheels, is as much part of the bicycle experience as to turn my pedals. Third, we live in a time when we are all subject to a constant assault of content. The bike is my sanctuary of all this, a place where no Instagram coil or a hot plug of a podcast can find me.
Photography: Michael Venutolo-Maméovani
