It is a sunny winter day in February when our pushbikers Liam Bertazzo and Filippo Fortin arrive at the Abus factory site in Camisano Vicentino. “The visit was a nice surprise because a long-time friend who has been working for Abus for some time had seen photos of me wearing Abus helmets on the internet and contacted me as a result,” explains Liam. Für unsere beiden italienischen Fahrer war es neu, dass Abus Fahrradhelme seit 2021 ganz in der Nähe ihrer Heimat produziert werden. Und so nutzen sie gerne die Möglichkeit, mehr darüber zu erfahren, wie denn das Produkt, dass ihnen jeden Tag auf dem Rad Sicherheit gibt, überhaupt entsteht.
Liam and Pippo were able to follow very closely how the helmets are produced in high volumes – but also how individual helmets are made. In the beginning there are always small, black balls: Carbon for cycling helmets. From them, the basic shapes are created by heat, which are then further processed piece by piece into the complete product we know. “What’s exciting about this is that the carbon is soaked in paint so that when the helmet gets scratched, it doesn’t lose the colour,” Liam tells us. The fact that colour is of great importance was shown not least by the many pots of paint in the factory. “It became particularly interesting when the staff showed us our helmet and described how the paint should be distributed on the helmet. With great care for gradient and shading, and really attention to detail.”
