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ONE-RIDE REVIEW – FOX PROFRAME HELMET

Thanks to ever-improving tyre, brake and suspension tech, our bikes are getting faster and faster… and the terrain rushes up to say hello a lot quicker as a result. Helmet technology has, thankfully, come a long way from the recycled roadie lids we used to wear, but even modern trail helmets can leave us exposed.

Enter the Fox Proframe helmet (above right), which is modelled on the brand’s Rampage Pro downhill lid (above left). It shares the Rampage’s fixed chinbar and moto-style peak, but loses a lot of material to reduce weight and improve airflow in and around the helmet.

Side-by-side, it’s easy to see where the major changes have been wrought; the chinbar is a shadow of the Carbon’s version, while equally large ports on the rear side complement huge ports on the helmet’s front face. Weight-wise, our large Proframe weighed in at 840g Proframe (claimed weight is 750g), which is about 370g lighter than the 1210g Rampage (also