Test: With the Essential Road clothing collection, POC offers the best functionality and stylish looks for the summer. Of course, the matching POC helmet should not be missing. We have tested some highlights for you and maybe you will soon own a new POC Ventral SPIN helmet.
POC Essential Road Light Jersey & VDPS Bib Shorts
The Essential collection from POC offers exactly what the name promises. Without any big frills or excited features, they focus on the essentials and offer cyclists high-quality clothing for almost every ride.
As one of the highlights of the POC Essential collection, the Road Light Jersey is the ideal piece of clothing for racing cyclists on hotter days. In order to enable first-class breathability and the best ventilation, the jersey was made of special materials. The quick-drying jersey wicks sweat away from the body very effectively, supports temperature regulation and has mesh zones under the arms and a full-length front zip for flexibility and comfort. Even without an undershirt, the POC Essential Light Jersey is extremely comfortable on the skin, even when you sweat a lot.
With a sporty cut, a comfortable fit and, among other things, an elastic hem, the jersey is held securely in place while driving. As you are used to from POC, a bit of color should not be missing from the Essential jersey. With high-contrast Color blocks not only make you stand out from the crowd from a stylish point of view, but also want to offer better visibility in traffic.
The three so-called cargo pockets on the back offer enough storage space for all the important things that you need on the ride. A separate, additionally protected zip pocket ensures safe storage of the mobile phone.
As a perfect complement, there is of course also the matching Essential Bib in POC's range. The Road VPDS bib shorts, like the jersey, reflect on the essentials and want to offer cyclists a stylish combination with a lot of functionality and comfort. A highlight of the pants is dThe newly updated Multi D pad, which features a softer foam for improved air permeability and breathability. This seamless pad features 3D molded VPDS silicone inserts with it for maximum comfort, especially on longer rides. In addition, the seat pad is designed in such a way that the structure can offer better support in typical racing bike positions.
In addition to the padding, the upper material of the pants is also equipped with breathable features. In addition, it offers important compression in the thigh area for better performance. As a nice side effect, you also get a well-fitting fit, which means that the trousers can hardly slip and are always held in place. This is also due to the 10cm wide Leg ends with silicone print on the inside.
When it comes to wearing comfort, the POC Essential bib shorts can play at the top. With flat seams, friction on the skin is reduced to a minimum and the seamless, elastic suspenders fit perfectly along the body. With additional mesh inserts on the straps, the breathability of the pants is significantly improved, especially in the upper body area. Last but not least, the topic of safety should not be missing when it comes to trousers. With reflective details on the straps, including the POC logo on the leg, you improve visibility, especially in low light conditions.
POC Ventral SPIN Helmet
The POC Ventral SPIN is now a perennial favorite when it comes to helmets and one of the most popular models. With aerodynamic optimisation, good ventilation and the best safety, it offers everything you could wish for in a high-quality road bike helmet.
Inspired by the so-called Venturi effect, the helmet's airflow zones allow the Ventral to glide even more efficiently through the air, making it faster. The residual air flowing around the helmet is perfectly minimized by the 22° aero trailing edge to cause less turbulence, which in turn has a positive effect on aerodynamics. At the same time, the ventilation and cooling properties of the POC Ventral have been improved by directing a large part of the air through the helmet through generous openings. As a result, the helmet still feels very comfortable, especially on warmer days, and lets us keep a cool head.
In addition to aerodynamics and ventilation, protection is of course the most important aspect of a good helmet. The basic concept consists of a fully wrapped unibody shell with an EPS inner lining. The SPIN (Shearing Pad INside) system, a patent-pending silicone pad technology, which is the counterpart of POC to MIPS, ensures that the head can rotate as independently as possible in the helmet on impact, which protects the spine from twisting shall be. In addition, a 360° size adjustment ensures an optimal fit. We have already spoken about the rear helmet area in terms of aerodynamics, but this also benefits impact protection. According to studies, most people fall on the back of their head when they fall. This gives my an all-round sporty and safe combination for many great rides.
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