Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

TRIED & TESTED

RUROC ATLAS 4.0

Tested by Bob Pickett | £375 (plain) to £475 (colours) (El Cobre, as tested, £425) | www.ruroc.com

The ATLAS 4.0 is one of the few helmets so far to pass ECE 22.06 certification.

Slipping on easily, the 4.0 squeezes the cheeks but is comfortable. There was a scrunch as I pulled it down. Ruroc advised this is the RHEON strips pushing against the EPS and will settle. It secures using a Fidlock: two powerful magnets clasping together, unbuckling by tugging on a tab. It’s… different, working well once the magnets clamp (pulling hard it wouldn’t budge) and okay fastening with naked hands on a warm day. But I can see it being fiddly in gloves in winter. My glasses slotted easily past

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