Originally Posted by
GCRyder
I'm not a "hard core safety advocate," but I do wonder what damage that light will do to your skull if the helmet is ever called on to serve its purpose. It now makes a nifty light-holder, but has its integrity as a helmet been compromised? Seriously, I'm wondering, not preaching.
I used to mount a rear facing red LED in my headlight but when that thought occured to me I stopped. The helmet can crush substantially in a crash and I didn't want my light jammed in to my head when that happened (and I didn't want the light to serve as a focal point for all that crash energy).