Australian Road Rider

MORE THAN AN ADVENTURE

Do you do the dreaded east-west commute? Travelling east every morning and west every afternoon means riding into a rising sun and setting sun during the winter months, and often a tinted visor isn’t enough so your left hand comes off the ’bars to block the light.

The solution is a multipurpose helmet like the AGV AX9 I was recently asked to test. With its peak in place it’s an adventure helmet, which

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