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01-01-24 | 06:30 PM

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Jay Turberville

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Bikes: 1995 Trek 990 (configured for road), Hotrodded Dahon folder, Trek 1400 (not ridden any more), Iron Horse 3.0 homebrew e-bike, 1984 Trek 770 (trying to resurrect)

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Originally Posted by Trakhak

Thanks for that. I'd forgotten the Trek advertising campaign for their WaveCel helmets: "Cycling Has Changed Forever!" or whatever their slogan was.

FWIW, Virginia Tech recently rated Trek's Specter WaveCel helmet #38 overall. (Among all styles of helmets, that is, including road, MTB, commuter, etc.)

Anybody know what happened to the $5 million class action lawsuit alleging deceptive claims about the effectiveness of WaveCel? I'm guessing they settled out of court since I can't find the outcome online and their current advertising verbiage seems less definite in their claims.

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