Originally Posted by Rowan
You must be joking or trolling to say that you would expect a helmet, at any price, to survive 5 or more crashes.
Neither. Just wondering if it's possible. What is it about dropping a helmet that renders it unsafe? Is it something that can be designed out?
Originally Posted by Rowan
By the way, thicker pads (as offered with cheap bike helmets to help them "fit" better) apparently interfere with the controlled deceleration of the skull the helmets are supposed to aid. Thinner, apparently, is better.
How about if those pads were aiding in the controlled decelleration? Thicker pads in styrofoam helmets would result into the head smacking into the inner surface of the rather stiff and unforgiving styrofoam. I'm thinking more along the lines of two stages of decelleration. The inner layer would be stiffer than that used currently, but not so stiff as to be uncomfortable. Actually, closed cell foam isn't all that harsh to the touch - it may even be better just to have a single thicker layer of that.