I had the older E2 with the crappy velcro and had to repair it because the adhesive started failing due to sweat among other things. A little bit of 3M Super88 (or something like that) spray adhesive fixed it. However it was short-lived as I crashed out a couple of weeks later and cracked the helmet. I bought a new E2 on closeout and it has plastic retentions embedded/molded-in so that problem was solved. Plus the new E2 has Roc-Loc4 vs the older Roc-Loc3 on my previous E2. I really like the E2 and I have a smaller head. I wear a medium actually and with the default pads, it fits me fine. I use it for both road and MTB and it works equally well in both roles. As far as the price goes, I don't think it's too bad considering other top-of-the-line helmets... especially road helmets.