SENA S1 Smart Cycling Helmen Review: Listen to everything

One The most important senses we have like cycling are our hearing. Whether you are on a group trip, where other contestants call for road risks and traffic, or alone, to keep the ears of cars or other horse riding from behind us, our ears are almost necessary like our eyes.

Bone headphones in the bone– Who sits outside the ears and offers the sound through vibration – was present for some time. But Irvin, California -based Sina has continuously raised the tape Cyclines With integrated speakers. Their latest shows, S1, mix the SENA audio technology with the dynamic aerodynamic features that many road bike passengers are famous for.

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With a soft external shell, the SENA S1 looks, suits it, and feels every Aero Road helmet that has flourished in popularity over the past decade. It is elegant, with a group of front ventilation holes and a husband from the back to keep your head cold while riding. Its mixture of flat finishes and helmet gives a modern contradictory style that would look at the home in Tour De France Peloton.

It is light, weighs only 360 grams, and at a price of $ 229, it is priced as an upscale aerial helmet, although it is equipped with a pair of extra loudspeakers, a microphone, Bluetooth continues, made a built -in back, and the SENA founder, which allows you to communicate with other RIDERS that wears any variety of Sena Helmes.

SENA S1 tested one of the most stupid horseback riding I have long: that is, when I set out to ride a hundred miles around the asphalt track a quarter of miles near my house. (I am not. completely crazy. I swear that I was doing it for another story. Fortunately, I had the Sina S1 sitting in my office.

I never spoiled any type of headphone during my bike for several reasons. First of all, safety. I would like to hear what is happening around me, especially when riding on the road. Second, as much as I feel anxious, hearing the wind in my ears, the birds tweet over my head, and my tires roam smoothly on the sidewalk or destroy dirt under my wheels, are part of the bike riding experience like the transformation of my enemy. Third, we live in an era in which we all undergo a continuous attack of the content. The bike is my haven from all of this, and it is the place where I cannot find me in an Instagram or hot ball on podcast.

Photo: Michael Venotolo Mantophani