Tech Specs: Sweet Protection Falconer 2Vi Mips
Price: $250 / £219 / €249
Available colours: Dusk, Lava, Lush, Matte Black, Satin White, Woodland
Rotational Impact technology: MIPS Air
Weight: 286g as measured in size M/L
My job is to learn about cycling technology. As such, when I ride with people I rarely see a product in use that I don’t recognize. That’s even more true if we are talking about helmets. I cover the best road bike helmets buyers guide and if it’s available in the US, and sometimes even if it’s not, I’ve not only heard of it but I’ve probably ridden with it. So the first time I rode with the PAS Normal crew and noticed a helmet I’d never seen, it surprised me.
It turns out that the company making helmets for PAS Normal is a Norwegian company called Sweet Protection. The two companies aren’t really linked other than PAS Normal sells unique colours of the Sweet Protection aero helmet. Still, given the excellent PAS Normal athlete roster, that may be where you’ve seen Sweet Protection also.
If so, the reason we aren’t familiar with Sweet Protection is that the brand is relatively new. The company has only existed as an idea since 1988 and officially it’s just shy of 25 years old. It’s also not a cycling-first company but rather a company that grew from skateboarding, snowboarding, and freestyle kayaking.
Despite that background, today Sweet Protection has a full lineup of helmets as well as sunglasses and clothing. Among those offerings, the Sweet Protection Falconer 2Vi MIPS helmet, and the aero version, sit at the top of the road and gravel lineup and I’ve been testing it since last summer. With that experience under my belt, I’m now ready to share the details. If you are looking for a new helmet, and particularly if you like to stash sunglasses on your helmet, keep reading to see if Sweet Protection is right for you.
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Design and aesthetics
As I mentioned, the first time I saw a Sweet Protection helmet was while riding with people associated with PAS Normal. At the time it was the previous generation Sweet Protection helmets which still used the older style MIPS…
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