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PRODUCTS<br />
www.foxhead.com<br />
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Fox have hacked and tweaked their range<br />
of helmets in recent years and embraced<br />
MIPS technology for their last version of the<br />
premier V3 model. The same helmet – used<br />
by their elite athletes like Tim Gajser and<br />
Ken Roczen – has undergone a radical shift<br />
for the 2020 and was just recently unveiled.<br />
The big moves? The MVRS (magnetic visor<br />
release system) has been praised and criticised<br />
but this latest generation is apparently<br />
the most resistant and effective yet.<br />
Interestingly Fox have embraced their own<br />
ideas and theories to address rotational acceleration<br />
(and we’ll have an interview with<br />
Fox honcho Mark Finley in the next issue on<br />
the subject) with Fluid Inside. It is a system<br />
they describe as: ‘based on extensive scientific<br />
research, Fluid Inside is engineered<br />
to enhance your helmet’s ability to protect<br />
your brain by mimicking Cerebral Spinal<br />
Fluid (CSF) – your body’s natural protection.<br />
The V3 incorporates a matrix of Fluid pods<br />
oriented around the head and attached to<br />
the helmet interior. By precisely decoupling<br />
or “floating” the helmet on the head, each<br />
Fluid pod matrix acts like CSF (Cerebral<br />
Spinal Fluid) to independently and simultaneously<br />
manage the linear and rotational<br />
forces acting on soft brain tissue.’ Sounds<br />
pretty cool, and having seen and handled<br />
the fluid capsules it looks and feels like innovative<br />
stuff. There is also a Varizorb liner<br />
and a Cage structure around the chinbar<br />
and eye area of what is a multi-composition<br />
shell available in four sizes.<br />
Ventilation is another hotspot of the development<br />
to maximise cooling even at low<br />
speed. The company call the new V3 their<br />
most technically advanced lid offering yet,<br />
and based on a mere glance at the tech<br />
specs they are not exaggerating. The choice<br />
for a new off-road helmet just became even<br />
wider.<br />
Click on any link to check out more detailed<br />
explanation of the V3’s attributes.
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