"Dave Johnson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:There have been several reports on the net of injury to the side of
the head, as well as the face and forehead, while wearing a helmet; so
why doesn't anyone sell a full-coverage helmet for bicyclists? Isn't
anyone from Bell on the net? I promise to buy one as soon as it hits
the market! I don't care if the ventilation is inferior the the V1-Pro;
half the year I'm wearing ear-muffs and have tape over the vent holes.
After my sister-in-law wiped out on a motorscooter, there were some real
impressive scratches in the face shield. It's bad enough scraping up
your hands and knees and shoulders--I'd like to keep my face intact.
I even looked at motorcycle helmets, but those things weigh a ton--not
too appealing.
So, come on, netters! Next time the market researcher calls on you,
let 'em know you're ready to spend your hard-earned dollars on up-grading
your head protection.
They are available and can be found easy with a simple google search, your
looking for "Downhill Mountain Bike Racing Helmets".
< http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Categories.aspx?CategoryID=226 >
They have quite a good selection of helmets.
The problem with a lot of the full face helmets is they block your hearing
so you can't hear cars coming up from behind until they are right on top of
you.
< http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=2407 >
This design and similar would still allow you to hear and provide some
protection to the chin and side of the face.
I recently fell hard on my side in a A grade veterans sprint at around 55
km/h I hit my head very hard on the side, the helmet was a normal ( not full
face ) Flyte and I thought when I impacted that I had hit my head, but there
was no marks it was just the force of the impact coming through the helmet
into my temple area.
( repost as for some reason my news reader thinks that the OP had posted to
alt.troll so it sent my reply there, even though I am not even subscribed to
alt.troll :S )
