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Enduro helmet Alpina Rootage in check

Dimitri Lehner

 · 26.11.2019

Enduro helmet Alpina Rootage in checkPhoto: Laurin Lehner
Enduro helmet Alpina Rootage in check
Alpina's Enduro helmet scores points with good wearing comfort and an adjustable visor that encloses the head well.
Enduro helmet Alpina RootagePhoto: Laurin Lehner Enduro helmet Alpina Rootage

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get," philosophised Tom Hanks in the film Forrest Gump. It's the same with helmets. The safety of the Rootage cannot be assessed without the shock absorption values - but we would have had to crush the beautiful helmet for that. We didn't want to! However, the voluminous foam and the fact that Alpina has reinforced it with carbon fibre suggest that it is pretty safe. Great: The helmet is comfortable to wear, but you can feel the weight (407 g). Clever: The beak-shaped adjustable visor can be pushed far up. Price: 170 €. alpina-sports.com


STRENGTHS Adjustable visor encloses the head well, wearing comfort
WEAKNESSES Quite heavy


CONCLUSIONModern enduro helmet with a low-slung rear for greater safety. Good fit and comfortable to wear. Disadvantage of the robust design: somewhat bulky and heavy.

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Dimitri Lehner

Dimitri Lehner is a qualified sports scientist. He studied at the German Sport University Cologne. He is fascinated by almost every discipline of fun sports - besides biking, his favourites are windsurfing, skiing and skydiving. His latest passion: the gravel bike. He recently rode it from Munich to the Baltic Sea - and found it marvellous. And exhausting. Wonderfully exhausting!

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