Introducing Switchblade MIPS

Learn more at In 1998, Giro created the first mainstream mountain bike helmet with a removable chinbar – it was called Switchblade. In the years that followed we’ve seen many options come and go, all based on the same premise of taking a cross country-style helmet and adding a chin bar. The Switchblade MIPS bucks that trend completely because it is optimized for the descent. In order to achieve ASTM downhill certification with a rigid, removable chinbar, we leveraged stainles