The safest road bike helmet in the world just got its price slashed early for Black Friday - Now it’s an absolute bargain

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The POC Cytal is safer than most MTB helmets and now has a huge discount

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The job of a helmet, first and foremost, is to protect your head. This has been lost somewhat in recent years as everyone realised they have huge impacts on aerodynamics.

The POC Cytal isn’t necessarily very aero, but what it lacks in that department, it makes up for in safety. It is, in fact, the safest road helmet that Virginia Tech – the industry’s leading independent helmet testing institution – has ever tested, receiving a 5-star rating and outperforming the majority of MTB helmets too.

Head straight to the deal: POC Cytal £300 £137.99

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POC Cytal MIPS: was £290 now £137.99 at Sigma Sports

Incredibly safe, very well ventilated, comfortable, and quite a good-looking helmet too. It's quite a package, and one that normally commands a much higher price, but at moment it's a steal, and the cheapest we've ever seen it in the UK.

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POC Cytal MIPS Special Edition: $262.95 at Amazon

Sadly the mega discount is UK only, though I have unearthed this very handsome special edition for cheaper than the standard model. Not a sale, per se, but still a good deal.

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With over £150 off the price this is the cheapest we've ever seen the Cytal MIPS. Considering it's one of the newest road helmets in POC's lineup this is a bit of a surprise, but a happy one for sure.

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This is me wearing the Cytal in spring. I can confirm the Cytal works great at keeping a cool head when chasing a former World Champion over the cobbled climbs of Flanders. (Image credit: Will Jones)

We can all agree that the Cytal is safe by the numbers, and so probably a likely contender for our guide to the best road bike helmets, but is it actually nice to ride in? Happily, I’ve spent all summer in the non-carbon one, and can confirm it is ace! (The carbon model, strangely, is less safe and more expensive.)

POC helmets, in my experience, tend to be among the most comfortable I’ve come across, and the venting on the Cytal is wonderful for summer riding when the mercury rises. Yes, it’s hard to imagine now there’s a hard frost on everything and my fingers are numb as I type this, but it will be warm again soon. Luckily, POC has also stopped using white straps in favour of black, as the old white straps very quickly turned a kind of grey-brown with sweat and dirt; yuck!

Elsewhere, Black Friday is already upon us, so fantastic cycling deals like this are flooding in thick and fast. We've also found a great deal on Tadej Pogačar's tyres, aloingside an insane deal on the newest-gen Apple Airpods 4. There's also the Garmin Edge 540 at its best-ever price, and over a dozen roundup articles, such as the best Black Friday bike deals, a collection of Specialized deals, indoor cycling-specific Wahoo deals, plus clothing over at the Rapha deals roundup.

Will Jones
Will Jones
Senior Tech Writer

Will joined the Cyclingnews team as a reviews writer in 2022, having previously written for Cyclist, BikeRadar and Advntr. He’s tried his hand at most cycling disciplines, from the standard mix of road, gravel, and mountain bike, to the more unusual like bike polo and tracklocross. He’s made his own bike frames, covered tech news from the biggest races on the planet, and published countless premium galleries thanks to his excellent photographic eye. Also, given he doesn’t ever ride indoors he’s become a real expert on foul-weather riding gear. His collection of bikes is a real smorgasbord, with everything from vintage-style steel tourers through to superlight flat bar hill climb machines.

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