Any of you know how I can adjust the rear strap on the Evade. i am taking about the one that goes from the three point plastic piece under the ear, to behind the head. I would like to tighten it, but can’t see how?
Maybe someone from the Monday crowd can point me the right way here!
Just looked at mine I dont think you can, its bonded to the plastic at the bottom and where it attaches to the helmet at the back its bonded around a metal pin which is embedded in the helmet itself.
Just looked at mine I dont think you can, its bonded to the plastic at the bottom and where it attaches to the helmet at the back its bonded around a metal pin which is embedded in the helmet itself.
Yeah, that is what it looks like. This is the weirdest design that I have ever seen for a helmet strap, especially for a company like Specialized that is into ergonomics and aerodynamics. Now I got two flapping straps at the back of my helmet that make it aerodynamically poor (probably negate all the wattage gains from the superior helmet right there) and also technically make it a bit non optimal from a safety perspective in the event of a crash (primary purpose of a helmet anyway) as the helmet will move on my head if I crash. I don’t really want it to. Short of taking a need and thread to it and overlapping the extra fabric on itself and stitching it together, I can’t see any other option.
We MUST be missing something…MITAerobike or Rapp out there to answer? It just does not seem to make a ton of sense.
Yep, I just got my new Evade three days ago, and I was puzzling over that same problem over the weekend.
Same problem here. It also pulls the strap annoyingly far forward under your chin. Definitely the one complaint I have with the helmet, otherwise it is amazing. I’ve never worn a better fitting helmet. Can easily hang head+helmet upside down without strap and the helmet doesn’t go anywhere yet is loose enough for 4+ hour ride.
Same problem here. It also pulls the strap annoyingly far forward under your chin. Definitely the one complaint I have with the helmet, otherwise it is amazing. I’ve never worn a better fitting helmet. Can easily hang head+helmet upside down without strap and the helmet doesn’t go anywhere yet is loose enough for 4+ hour ride.
So do you guys just leave the rear straps loose flapping in the wind plus the risk for crash that they are not really that secure (your helmet will instantly tilt forward in a crash rather than stay where it should be)?
Dev, what size do you have? I’ve been planning to get one of these helmets, but this sounds like an annoying design issue. I’m wondering if maybe the helmet is too big?
Dev, what size do you have? I’ve been planning to get one of these helmets, but this sounds like an annoying design issue. I’m wondering if maybe the helmet is too big?
I have a small…I wear small in every brand. This is just an annoying strap issue. The rest is awesome and I would highly recommend it. I may just take the needle and thread to that strap tonite. My “guess” is the fixed position for the rear strap attachment to the helmet is to keep the inside helmet fluid flow as laminar as possible keeping the watts down.
Gotcha. Thanks.
Mines not quite flapping, the chin strap just sort of adjusts itself so that it is further forward then I would like, sort of rubbing against the back of my jaw as opposed to sitting nicely against my neck. It also seems to be designed to be a pretty far forward fitting helmet, which does help tighten the back and pull the chin strap back. Not sure I have quite enough excess to sew an overlap, but would certainly tighten it a bit if an option.
Yep this is my only real complaint with the helmet. What I did was twist the buckle up vertically a couple times to take up the slack (so looping the buckle ends through the ear hole areas on each side 2-3x). Not perfect but much better
I must have an odd shaped head as mine seems to fit with the side straps pretty flat with very little slack.
I think the amount of slack probably depends on how you set the “mindset” adjustment. Farther forward on the head would take up some of that slack.
Just looked at mine I dont think you can, its bonded to the plastic at the bottom and where it attaches to the helmet at the back its bonded around a metal pin which is embedded in the helmet itself.
Yeah, that is what it looks like. This is the weirdest design that I have ever seen for a helmet strap, especially for a company like Specialized that is into ergonomics and aerodynamics. Now I got two flapping straps at the back of my helmet that make it aerodynamically poor (probably negate all the wattage gains from the superior helmet right there) and also technically make it a bit non optimal from a safety perspective in the event of a crash (primary purpose of a helmet anyway) as the helmet will move on my head if I crash. I don’t really want it to. Short of taking a need and thread to it and overlapping the extra fabric on itself and stitching it together, I can’t see any other option.
We MUST be missing something…MITAerobike or Rapp out there to answer? It just does not seem to make a ton of sense.
Fold it over on itself and wrap with electrical tape. Easy.
OK, thanks…i actually thought about doing that with duct tape…but I think I will stitch through though just for security in case of crash. I’m a bit paranoid about helmets actually doing their first job in the event of a crash.
By the way, this helmet reminds me of my old Specialized Air Piranha helmet. I actually still have one in the basement:
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I thought there was a USAT rule against helmet modifications.
I thought there was a USAT rule against helmet modifications.
I must not be understanding the problem correctly then. The extra strap, you just tape it over on itself once you’ve set how tight you want it. No “modification.”
The slack in the rear straps is taken up when the helmet is rotated forward.
I would expect that it’s attitude on your head significantly influences the aerodynamic benefit, dependent on your particular bike position.
Sitting lower on the brow and with more overhang than some road helmets, on me at least, it produces telltale glimpses in my peripheral vision. Perhaps this might lead one to over-compensate and rotate it back out of view?
The slack in the rear straps is taken up when the helmet is rotated forward.
I would expect that it’s attitude on your head significantly influences the aerodynamic benefit, dependent on your particular bike position.
Sitting lower on the brow and with more overhang than some road helmets, on me at least, it produces telltale glimpses in my peripheral vision. Perhaps this might lead one to over-compensate and rotate it back out of view?
Thanks but it is already as low on my forehead as it will go, and frankly I want it further back and I tend to ride head down and want the tail “less vertical”. I also did some tests head up and head down and found a significantly higher airflow through the helmet head up rather than head down. My guess is the helmet lets you ride with less watts head up as its “virtual frontal” is significantly lower than “actual frontal” on account of the airflow through the vents. When you ride head down with this helmet, it seems that frontal substantially increases. I am actually curious to do some field tests with my old LG Chrono head down and Evade head down, and see what deltas I get. I am suspecting it is not that much. Overall though the frontal of the Evade is good for someone like me with a small head. Most aero helmets add a ton of frontal to people with small bodies, which i feel negates some of their benefit. if you look at Mirinda Carfrae when she road with the LG Chrono or Natasha Badman with her old “red bull helmet” they seem to be sized right. A lot of the pro women look like they are riding with giant mushrooms because most helmets are proportionally much larger on them than on a larger man. They generally don’t change thicknesses etc etc to account for the smaller athlete.
On the other hand, when it comes to running shoes, we small athletes, proportionally get a ton more padding in our shoes than big guys. Slowman keeps talking about Hokas, but a small man or woman in Newtons basically gets the same deal.
OK, end of thread hijack (managed to hijack my own thread). Jordan, i don’t think that folding the strap over on itself would be grounds for a modification DQ but I suppose it is wor