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5 best smart bike helmets

This season, headgear gets a new injection of ‘cool’, says Matilda Munro

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Matilda Munro8 February 2017

In Scrubs, JD famously wore a “hairmet”, an oversized bike helmet with sufficient interior room to not mess up one’s hair.

While we wait for it to reach the shelves, make do with these bike helmets with benefits.

1. Classon Helmet

This classy item has sensors to tell you if a car is approaching your blindspots. Cameras record your journey, which you can then live-stream to your friends.

From £120, Brooklyness, Preorder it now

2. MIPS Synthe Helmet

Based on 19 years of academic research into bike crashes, this helmet features a liner designed to reduce rotational impact to the skull in the event of a crash. There is also a dedicated port to secure your sunglasses.

£125, Giro, Buy it now

3. LifeBEAM Smart Helmet

Like a FitBit for your head, this helmet monitors your workout, tracking your heart rate and calorie expenditure and uses bluetooth to sync with your phone. On top of all that it protects your head too.

£161, LifeBEAM, Buy it now

4. Livall BH60 Bling Helmet

With the looks and the spec of a sports car, this helmet is decked out. Think stereo bluetooth speakers and a windproof mic for handsfree phone calls. It sends out an automatic call to a chosen contact or the emergency services in the event of a crash, which it can detect via its accelerometer.

£225, Livall, Buy it now

5. Plixi Helmet

An attempt to solve a perennial problem plaguing the helmet-wearer: what are you meant to do with it when you take it off? The Plixi folds up to a third of its size. Ta-da!