(At the end of the review is a link to a detailed analysis and report from regarding MIPS technology, as well as a link to the MIPS website.) When a helmet with MIPS Brain Protection System is subjected to an angled impact, the low friction layer allows the helmet to slide relative to the head.” Here’s how the company itself describes the technology: “In a helmet with MIPS Brain Protection System the shell and the liner are separated by a low friction layer. They are not, however, designed to mitigate the forces that can cause a concussion.Ī Swedish company called Multi-directional Impact Protection System - MIPS - patented the slip plane concept (what it calls a low-friction layer), using two layers in the helmet (the MIPS “liner”) to help mitigate the rotational force of an impact, which can result in a concussion or other brain injury.

They are designed – and tested – to help prevent skull fractures and other major blunt-force trauma. Modern (non-MIPS) bike helmets are wonderful pieces of technology in terms of their impact resistance. We all wanted to learn more about MIPS: What is it, how does it work, any difference from a regular helmet in terms of fit/form/function? And, how about cost? The entire RoadBikeRider & BikeTestReviews Test teams jumped at the chance to do a roundup review of the MIPS helmets available to road riders. Learn more.īy Coach Rick Schultz () & John Marsh () You’ll regularly find him commuting on an ebike and he longs for the day when everyone else follows suit.This post might contain affiliate links for which we may make a small commission at no extra cost to you should you make a purchase. While Warren loves fast road bikes and the latest gravel bikes, he also believes electric bikes are the future of transport. He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa.

Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. He’s also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine’s senior technical editor for road and gravel.

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