GoKawiilPikio's Si Oblik helmet scores lowest-ever rating in Virginia Tech's STAR safety test
Vancouver startup Pikio has released the Si Oblik road cycling helmet, which uses a new internal safety system called Oblik. It scored 4.61 on Virginia Tech's STAR helmet-safety scale, where lower is better, beating the previous top performer, Canyon's Deflectr, which scored 6.82. Founder Daniel Abram says the design draws on 18 years of impact-protection research, including work at Simon Fraser University.