It's always been easy to get carried away with over-engineered hype in the road cycling industry, but a glut of "game-changing" technologies have made the mountain bike side even more of an offender. Bell's 4Forty Helmet bucks the trend of innovation for innovation's sake, providing the simple, undeniable benefits of a mountain bike helmet that's designed to just be a helmet. There are options that include all manner of POV camera mounts and piles of basic tech hiding behind proprietary acronyms, but the 4Forty sticks to what it knows--and what we know we want. Its In-Mold construction blends a (rather stylish) polycarbonate shell with an EPS foam body to boost the durability and ability to absorb impacts of both. The fit adjustment dial, goggle guide shaping, and sweat-guiding pads are all intuitive features that make perfect utilitarian sense once you're out on the trail, and the gee-whiz tech features that drive the prices of other helmets into the stratosphere are left where they belong--on the overpriced helmet shelf while the 4Forty accompanies you on the trails.