The company behind the Giro brand was founded by Jim Gentes under the name Giro Sport Design in 1985. An innovative triathlon helmet was the company's first creation and product. The reduced weight of this innovative helmet caught the attention of many professional cyclists, who had recently begun to be required to use a helmet in competition. Thanks to this, Giro positioned its helmets as highly valued, high-end products among fans willing to pay the price of these premium Giro products.
Not long after (1995-1996), the brand was acquired by its competitor Easton-Bell, though there was no merger of the two brands.
Giro has a wide presence in Spain in specialized cycling stores, such as ours, marketing a significant number of quality products from its catalog.
Giro Cycling Helmets
Giro helmet is probably still the product for which most cyclists of all kinds and levels of expertise know the American brand. One of the important objectives for the brand is to improve the safety of the cyclist , something that is closely related to the production of helmets with the most innovative, comfortable and, above all, safe technologies. The design of the shell is essential in this type of product, a characteristic that is very carefully taken into account by the brand. Aside from aesthetics, a good distribution of the ventilation openings in Giro helmets ensures optimal ventilation and heat dissipation, to the point of hardly noticing that you are wearing the helmet.
There is an ideal Giro helmet for each cycling discipline, from the most aerodynamic helmet for time trials, to the most robust in MTB disciplines such as enduro and downhill. In the case of these last modalities, the use of a “full-face” helmet is almost essential, with fewer ventilation channels and a larger protection surface. Giro also does not forget about other important environments, where a good helmet is important, as is the case with urban cycling helmets.
