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Price: £169.99 / $199.99 / €190
Colours: Black, white, desert/dove, grey/lavender
Sizes: S, M, L
Weight: 334g (size L)
Safety tech: MIPS Evolve Core
In 2025, Fizik moved into a new category by launching a range of four premium cycle helmets. Of these, the Kudo and Kudo Aero were designed for road, gravel and XC MTB use.
It has now added the mid-priced Kyros, aimed at the same cycling categories. While its Kudo and Kudo Aero carried a premium £270 / $320 price, the Kyros knocks a whole £100 / $120 off this, making it a much more accessible road bike helmet option for a broader range of cyclists.
We’ve been riding with the Kyros both on the road and on gravel to see how it shapes up.
Design and aesthetics
The Kyros shares the overall shape of the Kudo, although Fizik has made changes to the details. Although the vent positioning is the same across the two helmets, the vents are a little smaller in the Kyros and the ribs a little wider. The transverse member across the crown of the helmet is structurally part of the EPS shell rather than a separate component, as in the Kudo, and is a little deeper than that in the Kudo. The brow vents in the Kyros are a little narrower too.
The Kyros’ shell has exposed EPS foam at its bottom, unlike the Kudo where the outer shell extends over the foam. Over time, the polystyrene can become marked and gouged where exposed, something that’s avoided with the Kudo’s wrap-around shell.
While the Kudo has the MIPS Air system, which incorporates a sliding layer underneath the helmet’s padding, the Kyros has a MIPS Evolve Core liner. This is akin to the original MIPS system, with a separate plastic liner within the helmet shell to which the helmet’s padding is attached.
Fizik has yet to send the Kyros to the Virginia Tech helmet lab, but the Kudo’s four-star rating put it mid-pack among helmets that have been tested.
The Kyros’ retainer system is similar to that of the Kudo, with height adjustment of the rear cradle and a large adjuster dial. It shares Fizik’s crown adjustment system, where red…
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