EVERYDAY AERO… YEAH, WE JUST MADE IT A THING
S-WORKS EVADE
Countless tunnel hours. Numerous iterations. One goal: Make the fastest road helmet in the world faster and cooler. We wouldn't be here if we didn't do it.
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Innovate or Die. Three words behind every design decision we make.
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Since 1974, we've had one goal: Innovate and inspire to improve riders' lives.
Innovate or Die. Three words behind every design decision we make.
Bikes are part of a greater culture with tremendous stories. This is where you'll find them.
We recognize that the decisions we make have social and environmental impacts and that we are responsible for minimizing them.
Helping riders make data-driven decisions to improve the ride.
The Specialized Foundation uses cycling as a tool for children to achieve academic, health, and social success.
Countless tunnel hours. Numerous iterations. One goal: Make the fastest road helmet in the world faster and cooler. We wouldn't be here if we didn't do it.
Countless tunnel hours. Numerous iterations. One goal: Make the fastest road helmet in the world faster and cooler. We wouldn't be here if we didn't do it.
The new Evade was dreamt of, conceived, and born in the Win Tunnel. Why? Because we can’t help ourselves but want to go faster.
Sweltering has never been cool—too bad aero helmets never got the memo. We pulled out all the stops to cool things off, and now the Evade is as cool as wearing no helmet at all.
We listened to you, and now the Evade has a shorter, more compact design and all the fit features you know and love. It doesn't feel like the world’s fastest helmet, it just feels good.
A fast helmet is the sum of its parts, so it makes sense to test each part on its own, right? Having our Win Tunnel on the block lets us do this, and really, any other kind of aero testing we want. And while it may look like a bit of Mr. Potato Head configuring, our jigsaw testing method is our most refined aero testing to date. Cutting the helmet up into multiple pieces allowed us to test each part of the helmet on its own, so we could determine what vents and shapes were fastest. Put them together, and you have yourself the fastest road helmet in the world.
Thermal testing helmets is a dark art, so rather than trust some strange wizard back behind the Win Tunnel, we developed our own protocol. Did we burn some helmet pads for science? Absolutely. Did we learn more than ever about helmet cooling? You bet. We're happy to say that the new Evade is actually just as cool as not wearing a helmet. Yes, you read that right. There's no longer a reason to not go aero on every ride.
What’s with all the airflow testing and why does it matter? First off, it created the fastest road helmet we’ve ever tested. It’s not only six seconds faster than the original Evade, on average, but nearly quick as our S-Works TT. And just as importantly, we answered the question, “Why save watts when you’re dying of heat exhaustion?” The new Evade is not only cooler than the original, but it’s proven to be as cool as wearing nothing at all.