Icon's Alliance SSR is an excellent entry level helmet. New riders are usually over-burdened with the big hit of having to buy all their gear at one time. Providing a great quality helmet at a reasonable price is what Icon has done with the Alliance SSR.

There is no doubt that one of Icon's main focus is on style - and in 2010 the Alliance SSR got not only a completely new face-lift, but also the laser hair removal, lypo-suction and boob job to boot!

As the temperature continues to drop, we find ourselves reviewing more heated gear.

As we had talked about previously in our review on Warmthru's battery heated gloves and most recently Brookstones heated glove liners, you need heated gear to comfortably ride in colder temperatures - around 10C or lower.

As the sun sets earlier each day, riding becomes a bit colder each time. Our hands seem to take the brunt of this pain - as they are usually the most vulnerable to the cold.

As we had talked about previously in our review on Warmthru's battery heated gloves, unless you have heated gear - your hands will become too cold for comfort in temperatures ranging from below freezing to 10 degrees Celsius.

Zox is a brand of helmet that you may not necessarily see out there too commonly. As such, we had neglected to do a review on any of their helmets thus far - until now.

During a fine afternoon at a pristine out-of-town race track we rented some race gear. We expected to receive the not-so-new types of gear that you get when you rent nearly anything. When I first saw the staff bringing out the Zox helmets I thought that our heads were in for a hot, noise, uncomfortable day - I was greatly mistaken.