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Old 05-26-24 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Sy Reene
, but when MIPS came out, the test methodology wasn't updated in order to isolate and prove out the incremental benefit that MIPS claimed. .
That is how methodology works: you don’t alter it to accommodate different test subjects. You come up with the best test methodology, and then stick to it… And as you acknowledge, in the methodology, MIPS helmets perform better.

Originally Posted by Sy Reene
Maybe comparable, but reminds me a bit of how a number of years ago, tires got wider than their nominally specified widths, and low and behold, those tires would win the rolling resistance reviews.
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RIMS got wider, which made tires plump up beyond their nominal widths. And in many cases, that is indeed faster.
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