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Report Summary

  • 41

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    60% of other websites

  • 73

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 38% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

helix.ca

The New Standard in Folding Bikes. Big Wheels. Titanium Frame. Rides Better and Folds Smaller. Made in Canada.

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

14 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

528 ms

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About Website

Visit helix.ca now to see the best up-to-date Helix content for Singapore and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about helix.ca

Helix is the new standard in folding bikes. Helix is more compact, lighter, safer and easier to use than any other folding bike in the world. Helix has an all titanium frame and is made in Canada with...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Helix.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 14 ms and then it took 2.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

helix.ca performance score

41

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

57/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.9 s

83/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value860 ms

33/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.1 s

16/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

helix.ca

14 ms

index.asp

70 ms

js

87 ms

api.js

75 ms

opensans.css

99 ms

Our browser made a total of 103 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 8% of them (8 requests) were addressed to the original Helix.ca, 73% (75 requests) were made to Helixhelix.b-cdn.net and 9% (9 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) relates to the external source Helixhelix.b-cdn.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 515.2 kB (14%)

Content Size

3.6 MB

After Optimization

3.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Helix.ca main page is 3.6 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 261.9 kB

  • Original 335.6 kB
  • After minification 315.3 kB
  • After compression 73.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 261.9 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 215.5 kB

  • Original 2.8 MB
  • After minification 2.6 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Helix images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 22.3 kB

  • Original 368.9 kB
  • After minification 368.9 kB
  • After compression 346.6 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-24%

Potential reduce by 15.5 kB

  • Original 64.7 kB
  • After minification 64.7 kB
  • After compression 49.2 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Helix.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 15.5 kB or 24% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 22 (24%)

Requests Now

92

After Optimization

70

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 92 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Helix. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

helix.ca

helix.ca

14 ms

index.asp

index.asp

70 ms

js

js

87 ms

api.js

api.js

75 ms

opensans.css

opensans.css

99 ms

style.css

style.css

60 ms

css2

css2

84 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

63 ms

fancybox.css

fancybox.css

69 ms

css_layout.css

css_layout.css

662 ms

css_uielement.css

css_uielement.css

795 ms

css_helper.css

css_helper.css

815 ms

css_custom_v7.css

css_custom_v7.css

61 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

62 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

69 ms

fancybox.umd.js

fancybox.umd.js

84 ms

lozad.min.js

lozad.min.js

96 ms

jquery.waypoints.min.js

jquery.waypoints.min.js

99 ms

parsley.min.js

parsley.min.js

665 ms

js_core.js

js_core.js

673 ms

js_page.js

js_page.js

713 ms

spritespinBeta.js

spritespinBeta.js

926 ms

jvectormap.min.js

jvectormap.min.js

911 ms

vector-world-mill.js

vector-world-mill.js

1079 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

34 ms

css

css

46 ms

helix_logo_white_125px.png

helix_logo_white_125px.png

86 ms

360_v2.svg

360_v2.svg

76 ms

canada.svg

canada.svg

79 ms

welding.svg

welding.svg

80 ms

cnc.svg

cnc.svg

78 ms

laser.svg

laser.svg

81 ms

ti.svg

ti.svg

81 ms

1_hero.jpg

1_hero.jpg

76 ms

2_hero_seatpost.jpg

2_hero_seatpost.jpg

82 ms

welding.svg

welding.svg

94 ms

ti.svg

ti.svg

95 ms

helix_logo_black_125px.png

helix_logo_black_125px.png

96 ms

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pxiEyp8kv8JHgFVrFJA.ttf

68 ms

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212 ms

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219 ms

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214 ms

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216 ms

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216 ms

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217 ms

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216 ms

pxiByp8kv8JHgFVrLBT5V1s.ttf

pxiByp8kv8JHgFVrLBT5V1s.ttf

221 ms

iconfont.svg

iconfont.svg

66 ms

DSC_0292_1920.jpg

DSC_0292_1920.jpg

24 ms

DSC_0309_1920.jpg

DSC_0309_1920.jpg

64 ms

DSC_0527_edited_1920_2.jpg

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55 ms

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test_3.530.jpg

61 ms

test_3.534.jpg

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54 ms

IMG_0532_edited.jpg

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54 ms

subway_edited.jpg

subway_edited.jpg

56 ms

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IMG_0448_edited.jpg

60 ms

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60 ms

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68 ms

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IMG_0079_edited.jpg

64 ms

IMG_2482_edited.jpg

IMG_2482_edited.jpg

61 ms

IMG_0648_edited.jpg

IMG_0648_edited.jpg

62 ms

slx.png

slx.png

61 ms

deore.png

deore.png

64 ms

dura-ace.png

dura-ace.png

68 ms

alfine.png

alfine.png

65 ms

base.png

base.png

66 ms

frontMount.png

frontMount.png

103 ms

frontCrate.png

frontCrate.png

66 ms

batteryMount.png

batteryMount.png

107 ms

battery.png

battery.png

106 ms

rearRack.png

rearRack.png

113 ms

rearCrate.png

rearCrate.png

67 ms

panniers.png

panniers.png

117 ms

waterBottles.png

waterBottles.png

68 ms

baby.png

baby.png

119 ms

mudGuards.png

mudGuards.png

183 ms

trainer.png

trainer.png

279 ms

trailerUtility.png

trailerUtility.png

345 ms

trailerTravel.png

trailerTravel.png

202 ms

base.png

base.png

119 ms

frontMount.png

frontMount.png

197 ms

frontCrate.png

frontCrate.png

206 ms

batteryMount.png

batteryMount.png

343 ms

battery.png

battery.png

641 ms

rearRack.png

rearRack.png

235 ms

rearCrate.png

rearCrate.png

241 ms

waterBottles.png

waterBottles.png

228 ms

mudGuards.png

mudGuards.png

316 ms

luggage_fade_2.png

luggage_fade_2.png

321 ms

luggage_fade_70.png

luggage_fade_70.png

975 ms

test_3.470.jpg

test_3.470.jpg

298 ms

tires.png

tires.png

288 ms

saddle.png

saddle.png

289 ms

grips.png

grips.png

292 ms

stem.png

stem.png

295 ms

handlebar.png

handlebar.png

295 ms

pedals.png

pedals.png

298 ms

cassette.png

cassette.png

297 ms

derailleur.png

derailleur.png

299 ms

test_3.131.jpg

test_3.131.jpg

300 ms

test_3.132.jpg

test_3.132.jpg

301 ms

ti_tubes_2.142.jpg

ti_tubes_2.142.jpg

300 ms

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306 ms

Accessibility Review

helix.ca accessibility score

73

Accessibility Issues

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

helix.ca best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

helix.ca SEO score

62

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

High

robots.txt is not valid

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Helix.ca can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Helix.ca main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

helix.ca

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Helix. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: