Hi have this helmet for year now. Had several falls all due bad technique 😃. 2x landed heavily on the chin bit as 2nd point of contact, 1st was arm. No damage to the helmet or my face. I had to only deal with subseqent pain and soil in between my teeth. Hinges of the bottom part stayed locked. There were no marks on my face from the impact. Then, I have several falls where a hit my head from side and back absorbed just fine. This helmet is a great combo and I have full confidence in this helmet. I am mostly riding outside park style features and sometimes natural single trails so there is absolutely no shortage of falls. This helmet companied by body armour and elbow pads is giving me confidence to try bigger jumps ....

Came off my bike January 29th 2021 and broke my collarbone and hit my head hard on the ground and blacked out. Can't actually remember the impact / fall but had GoPro on my chest so I watched it back. Originally thought I went over the bars, but I came off on the side of the bike. Accident happened off a small jump at I am guessing 30-35kmph (Lost my strava data due to watch losing battery before I synced my ride so unsure of actual speed). Anyway, got a big history of concussions and this thing definitely did its job. Didn't have any lasting side effects head wise after the crash and had precautionary CT of my brain because I woke up the day after when I was still in hospital with a slight headache and slightly sore region of my head above my temple. On later closer inspection of my helmet today I found some slight cracking below the MIPS section where the front strap attaches to the helmet, next to the front chin/ face shield clip (the one without a buckle to lock it in place). I had the chin / face shield on at the time of the accident and it did not come off at all and there was no damage to that part of the helmet.

This helmet was actually impact tested in a lab by an insurance company in Sweden and got the second best impact absorption next to the Hövding. It got the best recommendation as an over all winner.

Great review Nate!

Great review and great helmet 😉. Thanks!

I agree with you that it is an incredibly comfortable helmet. I have managed a few ride with mine so far, and it's brilliant, the airflow is outstanding, and the 'fit and feel' of it is flawless. For those bitching about the lack of bulk re the face guard, I brought it for slightly more (than normal) "trails" where I want some more coverage than a normal TRAIL helmet. If you want DH, get the Super DH (or another DH rated helmet), as that puppy is DOWN HILL rated, ie for super fast and aggressive DH runs. The Super Air R, per Bells website, is an "all mountain" helmet with a removable chin bar. So if that is all you are going to ride, like me, it's fit for purpose!

Nice review man 👍

jaja me has dejado loco con el hasta la proxima al final!

Damn that retro white/teal colorway is SICK.

This helmet or fox proframe? What are you thoughts regarding safety. Thank you bro love your videos

I have the same color helm for Florida and love it ... They stopped making that color and don't even have a white helmet at all anymore.

Great review, thank you. Yours looks really small and snug, what size are you running and what size is your head? I've just got a medium and head measures 56cm, wondering if I could get away with a small as it looks a lot bigger on my head compared to yours. Cheers

Excellent,

I've always had problems with the dial, the rubber keeps peeling off. Have Bell fixed that?

Why are you going through helmets so quickly? How do you determine your helmet is finished? I have a Bell Super 3R and I had a crash one one of my first rides with it. I moved it to the shelf and replaced it with the Bell DH. It hurts me to think that I need to throw it away.

Hi, just wondering how did you hang your bike that way? Really appreciate if you can share the link of the mounts. Thank you.

Hi, Is $206 a good price for this Bell Super Air R? I tried on size Large but the cheek pads did not make contact with my face. I could see about 1-2 mm open gap between the face pads and my face. Not sure if I should go for medium or small now.

I bought it for OneWheeling in Florida and love it. I will never take the chin guard off. It actually keeps me cooler with it on because it blocks the sun. I don't understand bike riders who would take it off to go uphill and put it on to go downhill .. sounds like more hassle than its worth and when you take it off you have to put it somewhere where it would hurt you or break it if you fell on it. Just leave it on!

Mtb needs more testing levels for helmets. Today you only have normal and DH. Must be space for 2 levels between that. I personally run Bell super DH. Only way to know that you have the highest protection possible.

Thanks for the review. I guess the issue is the safety of the chin bar. There doesn't seem to be any information regarding this, so it kind of makes the helmet...pointless? If it can't perform as a full face in terms of safety, then it becomes a helmet purely for aesthetics.

You've picked up on something I wondered about when looking around as to what's available...and that is that this helmet is rated no more than a standard lid. As such, the only concern with regards to the chin bar is that it does not effect the helmets ability to pass the standard safety rating. Yet, and here's the kicker, this thing is marketed as a rugged trail/enduro helmet! A few manufacturers are doing this...and I believe it's somewhat of a scandle! If a parent bought this as they're aware their kidda is doing more adventurous stuff thinking it will protect them, they're gonna be in for a shock if they were to ever have a big spill!

I commute on my ebike, at 20 mph , sometimes at 30mph. I want full face helmet which is light weight and protective. Is this the best one ? I have small face/head and comfort is important so that I wear it often . Many thanks

Proframe lasted 1 ride? what are you doing with your helmets? 🙃

wow it looks good though! I'm gonna go try one. Mine now would likely hurt me in a bad tumble I fear.

How's the sizing? I fall right in between the M (55-59cm) and L (58-62cm) and my head measures right 59cm. So I am undecided which one to pick.

complains about how hard it is to put the chin bar on, does it live on camera in 20 seconds... complains it doesn't feel as sturdy as a another convertible, but doesn't point out that other convertible helmet is DH rated. (of which Bell makes a DH rated convertible too) Specifies they would only recommend it as a trail helmet, it is only a trail helmet...? weird review.

It’s not a DH ff it’s a trail ff helmet i guess it protects well on let’s call it “average crash”

I sliced my knee open going slow, less than 10mph on a public cycling-walking trail, bike lost traction out of nowhere, thinking of wearing full face for all cycling not on tarmac

lol pretty sure Bell engineers know more than you.

Youo don't measure rigidity unless the part is attached to where it should be. It's like questioning the rigidity of a plane's fuselage while it's still in pieces yet to be assembled.