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Old 05-01-12 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by HawkOwl
Just curious.

Has anyone thought about what adding the light to the helmet does to its' crashworthiness? Does adding the light mess with the helmet's ability to handle impact in that area?
Well if that is the case, I am in the doghouse big time!!

This morning, I left the house at 5:25 am, pitch dark and raining. I had no less then THREE lights attached to my helmet!!!

Yup, 3 of them. I have a nice large head 18650 torch facing forward, a small 3x aaa torch facing rearward, and a SF blinky copy in the rear. All 3 on the helmet. That is 5 AAA batteries, along with a 18650 battery on the top of my head!! . Didn't noticed any weight, and I didn't crash to find out where or what would be going on with the lights in a crash either. However, I could see nicely. As I had two 18650 torches on high facing forward on the front of my bike. Also another SF copy blinky on the seatpost. I could feel cars coming up in back of me, as I was taking the full lane. When I hear that deaceleration of the cars, I smile. The is no doubt in my mind that these cars see me, and respect my space on the road, and don't infringe.
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