Mountain Biking - Wear a helmet hmmmkay

http://www.madison.com/images/articles/tct/2007/05/12/45019.jpg

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=133934

To cut a long story short, this guys head was ran over by a van, all he got wasa concussion. Helmets are good hmmmkay.

The most ******** thing about this story is that helmet probably wouldn't pass Australian safety standards. One of the tests is dropping a helmet upside down onto a spike, most Giro helmets have a vent right where they get dropped.

How many times is this going to get posted? I know of at least five versions floating around this board

For what it's worth, it's the first time I've seen it.

Not trying to be a jerk here, but I think it's been covered
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298482
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298567
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298665
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298638
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298307
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298349
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=297599
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298175
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298186

Not trying to be a jerk here, but I think it's been covered
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298482
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298567
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298665
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298638
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298307
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298349
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=297599
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298175
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298186
lol. I don't think you're being a jerk although I hope you didn't spend as much time compiling that list as it would have taken me.

Everyone knows when an Aussie stacks we do it harder than Americans hopper. Thats why we need tougher standards :p

Well, i do anyway.

Not trying to be a jerk here, but I think it's been covered
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298482
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298567
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298665
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298638
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298307
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298349
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=297599
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298175
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=298186
thats what happens when we stay in our mountain bike world and never leave

do you mean "hit" by a van? I don't see how a helmet could support the weight of being "run over" by a van.

There's no proof the helmet saved him unless they run over his head again, helmetless this time, to see if injury results.

There's no proof the helmet saved him unless they run over his head again, helmetless this time, to see if injury results.
hmmmkay... :eek:

Damn, lucky the tire didn't run over his neck.

There's no proof the helmet saved him unless they run over his head again, helmetless this time, to see if injury results.

A controlled test. Excellent idea.

Yow! That's part of what made me a full-face desciple back in the days of open-face M/C helmets. Got my head run over when I went down leading a pack on a 60 mph flattrack. Rigidity of the full-face sent me to the ER with what turned out to only be a mild concussion.

Sure, a controlled test. But not using a head fools, just the helmet. Bet it winds up flattened.

Wouldnt the skull reinforce the helmet?

No, i think we need the head.

Sure, a controlled test. But not using a head fools, just the helmet. Bet it winds up flattened.

It was flattened with a head in it, dummy.

Not trying to be a jerk here, but I think it's been covered



Why change now??

Why change now??
:roflmao: :roflmao:

Why change now??
Because I'm trying to be the "kinder, gentler Raiyn". Don't make me put the black suit on.;)

You'd have to wrestle the role from Pete.

You'd have to wrestle the role from Pete.
:roflmao: :beer:

I bet Giro won't replace that one under warranty.

I bet Giro won't replace that one under warranty.
Giro would be foolish not to milk the **** out of this. New helmet? No problem.

it may of been talked about, but it will never be talked about enough...i see people everyday without one...

it may of been talked about, but it will never be talked about enough...i see people everyday without one...

You see them dead or you see them out pedaling around on their bikes?

Such an annoyance... when will you be leaving us?

Such an annoyance... when will you be leaving us?

Are you asking ME?

If so, next Thursday. Be back the following Tuesday.

How many times is this going to get posted? I know of at least five versions floating around this board

To quote yourself...

Don't like it, don't log in

To quote yourself...
There's no need to have the same thread going in seven different sections. Back when the mods gave a crap they would have been merged.