Driven By Our Roots
We only have one involvement at Urge Bike Products, the one to design mountain bike helmets devoted only to mountain biking.
Our specific mission is inspired from our beloved passion of riding beautiful single tracks.
Our beliefs are forged on the idea that every helmet must be perfectly designed to the last detail in order to be useful when protection is requested. We’re also proud to offer some nice products with a unique design. Humbly, we’re doing our best to respect nature all along our manufacturing process and in the way we lead the brand. We do not pretend to be perfect but our commitment to mountain biking and nature is at its highest level.
We decided to use recycled PET to manufacture our helmet straps.
Why that? Simply to keep following the direction we’re aiming which is to progressively manufacture «clean» helmets. Using recycled PET is another step towards this goal.
To produce these straps, our supplier «Recyclepet®» uses old plastic bottles (polyethylene: PET) that are reworked to make, after several operations, a thread… This thread is then weaved according to our technical characteristics to manufacture the straps for our helmets.
This fabric is of course tested and passed the strictest certification tests.
The other advantage of using recycled PET is to reduce the use of fossil raw materials (petrol) to create new fabrics, but also to valorize waste that usually finish in a bin or too often in the nature…
You won’t consider a plastic bottle the same way anymore, will you?
You’ve heard of Veggie-burgers?
At Urge Bikeproducts, we have the Veggie-helmets!!! Some of our models carry this strange name…
It is actually both a simple and audacious idea. For our Veggie models, we replace a part of the glass fibre generally used to manufacture full-face helmets by a 100% natural and vegetal fibre: the linen fibre. Linen (Linum usitatissimum) is a plant that produces really pretty blue flowers and grows in fields with low water needs, without fertilizer or chemical products. From this plant, we can extract oil but also fibre. This (long) fibre is weaved using highly technical processes and enables us to manufacture fabrics that, once molded a certain way and adding our expert knowledge, have very close characteristics to glass or carbon fabrics.
But unlike these two fabrics, the linen fibre is natural, requires low energy to be produced and its waste is compostable with no danger to the environment. Plus, it is non-allergic and is safe for our employees to use. The end result is very eye-catching (from the fields to our helmets), very strong and good for the Earth and human kind.
That’s why, even if this fibre is extremely difficult to work with and it costs as much time and money as carbon, we think that it’s the right decision for a better future and we will do our best to use it even more.
1 Ventilation
« The more vents your helmet has, the more ventilated it is… » that’s what a lot of people think but in fact it’s not so simple !
On our helmets each intake vent is strategically located to provide the proper air flow adapted to each MTB practice.
Our inside channels are designed to maximize air flow. Also keep in mind that you must be able to use your helmet all year round, in summer as well as in winter. So we think we have achieved the best compromise even for those who enjoy a very short summertime. Don’t forget that first of all a helmet is made to protect and by definition a hole is not protective at all.
2 Your Safety
No idle words nor empty promises for us at Urge when your safety is at stake. We carefully and seriously study all the technological advances in order to keep on improving the protection of our helmets.
That means we won’t choose the latest trendy best selling « technology » if we are not sure it will bring a benefit in terms of safety.
Our helmets are among the most protective helmets on the market. So don’t be afraid to buy a Urge helmet even if you don’t see the latest fashionable logo on it.
3 Comfort
Our « shapes » as well as the materials put inside our helmets are unique. We are the only one to use these materials and they really provide an unequaled comfort.
Our « shapes » are well thought and really precise to give a perfect fitting to most of head types.
Our helmets are light weight enough that you forget you are wearing them, even during a long day ride. But also keep in mind that at Urge it’ s safety first and that light weight will never be achieved at the cost of your safety.
4 Retention systems
Nothing dogmatic nor invariable at Urge. We follow our own path with our freethinking.
For instance two of our best sellers, the EndurOMatic and ALL m models, have no retention system, but thanks to thorough design work they fit perfectly and cosily on your head.
And if we choose to put a retention system on one of our helmet it’s not because we follow the trend but because we are deeply convinced this helmet needs it to fit the MTB practice it’s designed for. And we’ll choose the most efficient system, not the most fashionable.
5 Our helmets volume:
Our helmets are among the slimmest fitting helmets on the market.
Their volume is less than our competitors.
Two benefits for a Urge owner:
- It won’t look like a mushroom on your head
- Your safety will be increased because it’s proven that the lesser volume it has the more protective the helmet is.
6 Our Design
Love or hate an Urge helmet. It’s a different and unique design, that breaks the conventional codes and may sometimes even disturb.
You are more and more likely to love Urge, it’s a proof that our design is definitely modern and even pioneer.
When you choose to wear an Urge helmet you show you’re a bit different and audacious.
7 Eco Conception
Who cares ? We care !
We are a pioneer and leader in producing helmets using recycled materials and even natural linen fiber. It’s a part of our development strategy that means a lot for us. Even if we know it’s very minimal compared to the scale of our planet we feel compelled to act this way to minimise our ecological footprint as much as we can.
The guys at URGE have supported ‘Riding With and For Ankylosing Spondylitis’, with helmets. Both are great fitting helmets, The SupaTrail and The TourAir, light weight and sleek design.
If you want to see more from the URGE selection, click the URGE logo at the top of the page.
