Linear Response Protection™ is Newton-Rider’s patented helmet architecture — designed to manage both linear and rotational impact forces through its flexible multi-pad construction.

The first semi-soft and flexible bicycle helmet is the Newton-Rider N1neo, offering linear protection that, in tests for the international bicycle helmet standard EN 1078, shows superior impact absorption over a wider range than traditional EPS helmets. It combines a firm outer polycarbonate shell with sophisticated flexible design structures to improve safety and comfort.

Fact: N1neo uses a three-layer, semi-soft flexible protection system with a hard polycarbonate outer shell, advanced impact-absorbing polymers, and non-Newtonian inserts — unlike helmets with hard, rigid EPS cores.

Learn more about linear protection and why the N1neo is much thinner than EPS helmets.

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Key takeaway: Linear Response Protection™ is not limited to linear impacts. N1neo's nine independent pads and flexible liner are designed to respond to impact energy from initial contact across a broader spectrum of impact forces, incorporating both linear and rotational components — without relying on an additional slip liner.