Originally Posted by
mconlonx
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Most cycling accidents do not involve a head strike, so helmets don't even mitigate most damage as a result of cycling accidents.
You are twice wrong in one sentence. Impressive...
It made me want to install some accelerometers in my helmet just to get some real data and check what actually happens in a crash. But then I remembered that I'd have to wait years between crashes, if I ever even have one again, and it seemed rather pointless.