The British-Made Bike Helmets That Caught the Telegraph’s Attention
When the Telegraph publishes a best-of list for bike helmets, it tends to carry weight. Cycling journalists test a lot of products and the ones that make it into a national newspaper roundup have generally earned their place there.
Two of the helmets that caught the Telegraph’s attention this year, Dashel and Newlane, are both manufactured right here at Cameron-Price. Newlane goes a step further, because it is also designed and developed in-house at Cameron-Price, from the first concept through to the finished helmet. For us, that kind of third-party recognition says something meaningful about the quality of what we’re producing.
Dashel: B Corp certified and manufactured at Cameron-Price
Dashel is an urban cycling helmet with a strong sustainability story. The brand holds B Corp certification, which means it has been independently assessed against rigorous standards covering environmental performance, supply chain, and social impact. Manufacturing at Cameron-Price here in the UK, rather than offshoring production to reduce cost, is central to that commitment.
The helmet itself is designed for urban riders. It’s compact, well-ventilated, and built to sit comfortably within a cycling culture that values considered, well-made products over cheap alternatives. The fact that it’s made at Cameron-Price here in the UK is part of the product’s identity, not just a supply chain detail.
Newlane: designed, developed and made at Cameron-Price
Newlane takes a different approach, and it’s a helmet we know inside out, because it’s designed, developed and manufactured here at Cameron-Price. The product is built around a specific problem: most commuter cyclists don’t wear a helmet because they don’t want to carry one around all day. Newlane’s answer is a helmet that folds flat, small enough to slip into a bag or a jacket pocket.
The engineering behind a collapsible helmet that still meets safety standards is more complex than it might appear. Getting the structure right, the hinge mechanism, the retention system, and the fit, while keeping the overall weight and packed size manageable, required careful development work, all of it carried out in-house at Cameron-Price.
We wrote about that process in more detail in our case study on overcoming the challenges of creating a collapsible micro mobility helmet, which gives a good sense of what’s involved in turning an idea like this into a product that performs reliably in the real world.
What in-house design and UK manufacturing make possible
Both helmets benefit from being made at Cameron-Price rather than produced overseas, and with Newlane the advantage runs deeper, because design, development and production all happen under one roof. Shorter supply chains mean faster iteration when a design change is needed. Quality control happens here, not at a distance. And when a product ends up in a national newspaper, the story of where and how it was made is part of what makes it interesting.
For brands that care about sustainability, provenance, and product integrity, keeping design, development and manufacturing in the UK is increasingly a selling point rather than simply a cost decision. Both Dashel and Newlane are good examples of that.
What this means for product development
Getting a product featured in a publication like the Telegraph doesn’t happen by accident. It comes from building something that genuinely works, that solves a real problem well, and that holds up under proper testing. Manufacturing quality is part of that equation, and so is the design and development work that comes before it, which in Newlane’s case happened entirely at Cameron-Price.
If you’re developing a product in the sports, cycling, or consumer goods space and want to understand what designing and manufacturing it at Cameron-Price can bring to that process, we’re happy to talk through it.
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