Originally Posted by
Eric F
From the Forbes article...“The materials that are used in most of today’s helmets are engineered to absorb the high impact energies that can produce skull fractures and severe brain injuries”.
Impact energy absorption is what I've been talking about, and the fact that it's happening is evidenced by the resulting crushed EPS foam. That means 100% of the impact energy was not transmitted directly to my/your head. That's a good thing. This is simple stuff.
If someone is going to hit you on the head with a 2x4, and you have a choice between wearing a bicycle helmet or nothing, which do you choose?
It truly baffles me that someone can talk themselves into the conclusion that bike helmets are useless...harmful, even.
It is crazy and they couldn't really back up their opinion either. It is one thing to hold an opinion and back it up but to hold an opinion so strongly and claim the evidence exists and then not provide any of it Is ridiculous. I mean to post an article in the helmet thread trying to say helmets are bad where the only mention of helmets at all was "helmet hair" and that is the strong argument against helmets just really iced that already glazed cake.
Heck I understand not wanting to wear a helmet they can be big and bulky and aren't really a sexy look and could certainly be hotter in the summer and all of that sort of stuff but to say it is unsafe and harmful just blows the mind completely.
Originally Posted by
shelbyfv
Yep that's why the thread is hidden away in A&S. Not really a lot to say unless some troll wants to stir stuff up. Now where is the flat earth sticky...?
Well I mean everyone knows the earth is flat that is a universal truth that everyone holds. What next are they going to say that JFK wasn't shot by Elvis using a secret laser ray developed by Bob Hope and Lena Horne? What crazy times we live in,,,LOL