The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab specializes in body injury biomechanics, focusing primarily on advancing the understanding of concussion and how to decrease the risk of brain injury. This is a field of research in continuous development which is innovating the approach to engineer and design bicycle helmets.

The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has been providing unbiased helmet ratings for over a decade. They are known and trusted throughout the helmet industry, not just in cycling, and they are 100% independent of any funding or influence from helmet manufacturers. That means you can trust them, we can trust them and – most importantly – you can trust your MET and Bluegrass helmet too.

We’re committed to making the very safest products, to protect you as you deepen your dedication to the ride. We sent 9 helmets to Virginia, and every single one was rated five stars.

MET Trenta 3K Carbon, Trenta, Rivale, Vinci, Allroad, Terranova, Downtown, Miles and Bluegrass Rogue Core. 

The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab specifically rates helmets based on their ability to minimise concussion risk. There is no ultimate concussion-proof helmet, but the Lab’s rating system is based on more than 15 years of research into exactly this phenomenon.

No helmet is concussion-proof. Any athlete can sustain a head injury, even with the very best head protection. The helmet ratings identify the helmets that best reduce your chances of sustaining a concussion. With that stated, helmets are only one piece of the equation to minimising concussion risk. Good technique and safe cycling infrastructure can result in fewer high-risk head impacts, and are perhaps most important. Having the best available head protection for the remaining head impacts further reduces risk.