wtf u talking about a cigarette being shot out of a gun?

Chad

I'm n ot disagreeing with you neurosport, I tihnk you're one of the few geniuses left in the world who can spot such a huge potential design flaw. It's all a part of Giro's grand sceme to thin the herd of cyclists.
In fact, I'm so disturbed by this recent turn of events that I'm going to throw away my Ionos (which I bought because I'm mentally inferior to you) and wear a tin-foil helmet.

Clearly you're not one of them. Giro should fire the entire team of engineers that have and just have you single handedly run the company. Make sure they're strong enough to stop a cigarette fired from a gun as well.

If you don't like the Ionos, buy something else. Giro will live on without you. Personally I love mine.

If you are convinced that Giro is aiming to kill you with its helmet design, just take the effing thing back and buy another brand, instead of blathering about some random tinfoil-hat garbage. :rolleyes:

problem is i found something wrong with each helmet i looked at :)

the prolight creates pressure on the back of my neck with the elastic strap. the s-works has these plastic brain slicing blades on the sides. atmos is OK but it is clearly not as nice as Ionos.

:(

I have looked at a lot of helmets and none of them have sharp edges anywhere near the the inside of the helmet. I even (unfortunately) live in the same area as you, and there are no shortage of helmets that I could buy if I had need of one. You are being too stupidly paranoid over the evil helmet companies trying to kill you with their helmet designs.

Since the OP pointed out that all of the helmets have a fatal flaw that could kill him, perhaps he should go helmet less.

Yeah, but then probably the taxpayer would be footing his medical bills if he didn't just die outright from a helmet-less crash.

but his reason to buy a helmet after riding helmet-less for a while is because he fears his frame might be cracked. Something about putting out more watts than pro tour riders or something... he's a troll but i'm bored.

You're friends with an X-Man?
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...it_Vol_1_1.jpg

Well you have to remember here that this is a guy who thinks he generates more power than TdF pros, would break any normal pedal because of it, thinks that a cadence of 50 is too high and he needs a larger gear than a 53x11. Oh, and if he had the willpower, he would only ride 20 minutes a day at max sustained pace, because more than that is a waste.

Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill -- the substance being referenced is essentially just a layer of plastic paint to cover the bare foam along the front/bottom edge of the helmet. If you hit the pavement hard enough to be injured by a layer of paint, then you're a goner anyway.

That pretty much sums up the OP.

Im all for the tinfoil idea, seems like the way to go in this situation. If the OP Wrapped his head with the heavy duty foil. He would not have to worry about silly plastic getting in his brain and it will only dent when he crashed.

The common denominator in all of these problems is you.

impressively documented.

For all of those sceptics Neurosport is right. I had a crash on a descent in the Alps wearing an Ionos. It did much of its job protecting, but that piece of plastic cut straight into my forehead leaving a long, deep cut. If not for this I would have been able to continue the event I was doing (though I guess not crashing was the real key to that). I had to have 20 stitches in my head. In the impact the plastic separated from the 'foam', and has a sharp edge... The cut was deep enough to need several internal stitches before the outside was sealed. SO, please beware of helmets of this design. The Atmos does not have this cosmetic dressing.

See my new post below. He was right and I have the 20 stitch gash to prove it. Not nice.