Thunderhill is one of my favorite race tracks on the planet. Maybe this makes me a spoiled brat, but every time I get an email about some new launch on some track in Europe, I always email back and ask if they’ve thought about T-Hill instead. Catch it before it turns brown, like the guys at Bell did, and you’re transported to a dryer version of the Scottish highlands, surrounded by the greenest of greens and no one but cows to watch you lap the track.

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While I’ve always been a huge fan of their off-road helmets (I pretty much only wear 6D or Bell in the dirt), their street options have never really blown my mind. My Bell RS-1 is a really nice helmet for the money, especially with the transitions lens, but the shells always feel massive compared to other helmets I have and tend to buffet a lot at speed.

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Bell is making some big claims addressing just that, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see how it stacks up when we ride in it this summer.

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