Safety, Speed, & Style: Choosing a Bike Helmet for Triathlon
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast
TriDot Triathlon Training
4.9 • 634 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
A bike helmet is more than just gear, it's a non-negotiable for every triathlete. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Mike Buenting, Sports Marketing Manager at Rudy Project North America, to break down everything you need to know about helmets. From how they're made and how long they last, to whether built-in visors are worth it and if certain helmets really are faster (or safer), no question is off-limits. Do you need multiple helmets? Are some styles better for racing vs. training? Tune in and get the expert insights you need to confidently choose your next helmet.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the TryDOT podcast. Today we are talking all about bike helmets. When you ride, |
| 0:06.0 | it is essential to protect your head, and there are a number of things to know about getting |
| 0:10.0 | your helmet selection right. Here to help us do that is Mike Bunting. He is the sports marketing |
| 0:15.6 | manager for Rudy Project North America, so his firsthand knowledge of the bike helmet industry will steer us |
| 0:21.8 | all in the right direction. |
| 0:24.3 | I'm Andrew the average triathlet, voice of the people, and captain of the middle of the pack. |
| 0:28.7 | We treat the show like any good workout. |
| 0:30.4 | We'll start with our warm-up question. |
| 0:32.0 | Settle in to our main set conversation what we'll learn about bike helmets and then wind |
| 0:36.9 | things down by having Mike |
| 0:38.3 | answer a question from our audience on the cool down. |
| 0:41.5 | Lots of good stuff. |
| 0:42.6 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:45.0 | This is the Tridot podcast, the triathlon show that brings you world-class coaching with |
| 0:51.3 | every conversation. |
| 0:53.0 | Let's get started with today's warm up. |
| 0:56.8 | All right, Mike, welcome to the show. |
| 0:58.9 | And you and I have been on site at a lot of the same events, |
| 1:03.5 | you representing Rudy Project and racing, |
| 1:06.0 | and me representing Tridot while I'm racing. |
| 1:08.4 | And so for our warm up question today, |
| 1:10.2 | I'm curious to know from all of your triathlon |
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