Best helmet review ever
10-27-09 | 05:46 PM
#26
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From: PNW - Victoria, BC
Bikes: 2002 Litespeed Vortex - 2007 Trek Madone 5.9 - 2004 Redline Conquest Pro - Specialized S-Works Festina Team Model - 93 Cannondale M 800 Beast of the East
Simple expirement 1. Go home tonight and whack one side of your head against the corner of a door jamb, sans helmet. Then, put on a bicycle helmet, and whack the door jamb corner with the other side of your head. I would be willing to wager that the whack on the helmeted side is less painful in most cases.
Simple experiment 2. To simulate the occurrence of getting hit in the head by a rock coming off of a car tire, hire the neighbor kid to pick up a golf ball size rock, and with a moderate toss, have him hit your head with said rock, again, sans helmet. Repeat this exercise while wearing a helmet. Again I would wager that the helmeted portion of the experiment will hurt less and be less likely to leave you with a bleeding head wound (head wounds bleed like a sunnofab$%%ch).
These experiments are not intended to persuade one who wishes not to wear a helmet to do so. Nor will there be reams of scientific documentation to validate how effective and complete the testing methods were.
At the end of it all, I will still say; if you don't want to wear a helmet, don't. Easy as that. But for people to say they don't work, I have provided you with two simple tools to determine whether a helmet can be an effective tool to minimize the consequences of a head impact, or if it's just a silly hat.
Simple experiment 2. To simulate the occurrence of getting hit in the head by a rock coming off of a car tire, hire the neighbor kid to pick up a golf ball size rock, and with a moderate toss, have him hit your head with said rock, again, sans helmet. Repeat this exercise while wearing a helmet. Again I would wager that the helmeted portion of the experiment will hurt less and be less likely to leave you with a bleeding head wound (head wounds bleed like a sunnofab$%%ch).
These experiments are not intended to persuade one who wishes not to wear a helmet to do so. Nor will there be reams of scientific documentation to validate how effective and complete the testing methods were.
At the end of it all, I will still say; if you don't want to wear a helmet, don't. Easy as that. But for people to say they don't work, I have provided you with two simple tools to determine whether a helmet can be an effective tool to minimize the consequences of a head impact, or if it's just a silly hat.
Last edited by Kojak; 10-27-09 at 06:06 PM.
10-27-09 | 06:39 PM
#27
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From: Chicago, IL
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Simple expirement 1. Go home tonight and whack one side of your head against the corner of a door jamb, sans helmet. Then, put on a bicycle helmet, and whack the door jamb corner with the other side of your head. I would be willing to wager that the whack on the helmeted side is less painful in most cases.
Simple experiment 2. To simulate the occurrence of getting hit in the head by a rock coming off of a car tire, hire the neighbor kid to pick up a golf ball size rock, and with a moderate toss, have him hit your head with said rock, again, sans helmet. Repeat this exercise while wearing a helmet. Again I would wager that the helmeted portion of the experiment will hurt less and be less likely to leave you with a bleeding head wound (head wounds bleed like a sunnofab$%%ch).
These experiments are not intended to persuade one who wishes not to wear a helmet to do so. Nor will there be reams of scientific documentation to validate how effective and complete the testing methods were.
At the end of it all, I will still say; if you don't want to wear a helmet, don't. Easy as that. But for people to say they don't work, I have provided you with two simple tools to determine whether a helmet can be an effective tool to minimize the consequences of a head impact, or if it's just a silly hat.
Simple experiment 2. To simulate the occurrence of getting hit in the head by a rock coming off of a car tire, hire the neighbor kid to pick up a golf ball size rock, and with a moderate toss, have him hit your head with said rock, again, sans helmet. Repeat this exercise while wearing a helmet. Again I would wager that the helmeted portion of the experiment will hurt less and be less likely to leave you with a bleeding head wound (head wounds bleed like a sunnofab$%%ch).
These experiments are not intended to persuade one who wishes not to wear a helmet to do so. Nor will there be reams of scientific documentation to validate how effective and complete the testing methods were.
At the end of it all, I will still say; if you don't want to wear a helmet, don't. Easy as that. But for people to say they don't work, I have provided you with two simple tools to determine whether a helmet can be an effective tool to minimize the consequences of a head impact, or if it's just a silly hat.
10-27-09 | 07:39 PM
#28
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From: PNW - Victoria, BC
Bikes: 2002 Litespeed Vortex - 2007 Trek Madone 5.9 - 2004 Redline Conquest Pro - Specialized S-Works Festina Team Model - 93 Cannondale M 800 Beast of the East
If personal attacks and Bush references are your best comeback then I might suggest that the simple mind is not mine.
Furthermore, I'd more likely side with the New England Journal of Medicine than with "Scuffham Trends in Cycle Injury in New Zealand" when turning to questions of health and personal safety. Not that I need either one to convince me that bouncing my bare noggin against hard surfaces is less harmful than with a helmet.
Furthermore, I'd more likely side with the New England Journal of Medicine than with "Scuffham Trends in Cycle Injury in New Zealand" when turning to questions of health and personal safety. Not that I need either one to convince me that bouncing my bare noggin against hard surfaces is less harmful than with a helmet.
