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01-20-12 | 08:29 AM

#1134

hagen2456

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From: Copenhagen

Bikes: A load of ancient, old and semi-vintage bikes of divers sorts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Six-Shooter

FWIW, some interesting info on bicycle helmet testing and limitations:

US Consumer Product Safety Commission testing standards:

http://www.bhsi.org/testing.htm

See section 5. Not exactly zero speed.

http://www.bhsi.org/limits.htm
http://cyclehelmets.org/papers/c2023.pdf

These claims have been thoroughly refuted in this thread. Among others, the one about what helmets can prevent, which is based on a paper that was flawed through-and-through. In spite of it being so flawed, it is used in every campaign I can think of. It's rather frustrating.