Helmet Question: Only for the truly-obsessive...

I would say you are much more likely to hit a hanging branch with your head than get hung or
have your head ripped off. As for the wedding ring I had the design from mine tattooed to my
upper left arm.

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Having grown up in a somewhat-agricultural area, I got the notion early on

that

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it's a Bad Idea to wear things that won't come off easily by themselves -

i.e.

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without taking a body part with them.

Wedding rings, for instance...

With that in mind, I've got to wonder why the chin strap on my helmet is

so

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strong - doesn't seem like it needs to be all that strong to keep the

thing on

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my head in a crash.... and it also seems that, especially in the woods,

there's

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at least some chance the helmet will snag on some immovable object as I

ride

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by...

Like I said..."...Only for the truly-obsessive..."
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"(Pete Cresswell)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Having grown up in a somewhat-agricultural area, I got the notion early on

that

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it's a Bad Idea to wear things that won't come off easily by themselves -

i.e.

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without taking a body part with them.

Wedding rings, for instance...

With that in mind, I've got to wonder why the chin strap on my helmet is

so

Quoted message said:

strong - doesn't seem like it needs to be all that strong to keep the

thing on

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my head in a crash.... and it also seems that, especially in the woods,

there's

Quoted message said:

at least some chance the helmet will snag on some immovable object as I

ride

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by...

Like I said..."...Only for the truly-obsessive..."
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I disagree. Depending on the "angle of attack", you DO need a strong strap to keep the lid in place.
If you landed directly on the top of your head with 0 forward motion you probably wouldn't need a
helmet strap. But for every other type of crash, I think it's a good thing to have. I had a friend
who had a motorcycle. He didn't like doing up his chin strap...so when he hit the car, the sudden
deceleration removed the lid from his head before he actually hit the ground. He probably wishes
he'd done it up and he never rode a motorcycle again. I figure, if you don't like chin strap on your
bicycle helmet, just don't wear one...I don't..

Cheers,

Scott..

(Pete Cresswell) said:

Having grown up in a somewhat-agricultural area, I got the notion early on that it's a Bad Idea to
wear things that won't come off easily by themselves - i.e. without taking a body part with them.

Wedding rings, for instance...

With that in mind, I've got to wonder why the chin strap on my helmet is so strong - doesn't seem
like it needs to be all that strong to keep the thing on my head in a crash.... and it also seems
that, especially in the woods, there's at least some chance the helmet will snag on some immovable
object as I ride by...

Like I said..."...Only for the truly-obsessive..."
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PeteCresswell

You could replace the strap or buckle with something weaker, like a snap.

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"(Pete Cresswell)" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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Having grown up in a somewhat-agricultural area, I got the notion early on that it's a Bad Idea to
wear things that won't come off easily by themselves - i.e. without taking a body part with them.

Wedding rings, for instance...

With that in mind, I've got to wonder why the chin strap on my helmet is so strong - doesn't seem
like it needs to be all that strong to keep the thing on my head in a crash.... and it also seems
that, especially in the woods, there's at least some chance the helmet will snag on some immovable
object as I ride by...

Like I said..."...Only for the truly-obsessive..."
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PeteCresswell

A: Don't ride in the woods.

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You could replace the strap or buckle with something weaker, like a snap.

I wasn't all that concerned about it....just wondering...I think it's the same mental illness that
makes me wonder why rest room doors at the office don't all open outwards - so once people have
washed their hands, they don't have to grab the same handle to get out that half the flu sufferers
and nose pickers in the office have already grabbed.... I don't really *worry* about stuff like that
- it just sort of pops into my head...
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"(Pete Cresswell)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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RE/ I think it's the same mental illness that makes me wonder why rest room doors at the
office don't

all

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open outwards - so once people have washed their hands, they don't have to

grab

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the same handle to get out that half the flu sufferers and nose pickers in the office have already
grabbed...

Sadly, I admit - you're not alone. Been very conscious of these matters since nearly losing my
grandson to an attack of RSV.

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M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK

I wouldn't worry about the strap on a helmet "taking your head off" (as you implied with the wedding
ring analogy). The idea is to keep the helmet from being torn off your head before it's through
protecting it. The helmet itself will be destroyed before your head will be removed.

In fact, that's the way it's designed to work, by dissipating the energy of an impact through it's
own demise so as little as possible gets through to your noggin.

May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills! Chris

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I wouldn't worry about the strap on a helmet "taking your head off" (as you implied with the
wedding ring analogy).

In spite of the wedding ring analogy, I was thinking more about neck injury.

Been there, done that windsurfing. Got slam-dunked at what felt to be about 30 mph. Felt like the
helmet caught the water or something and my neck was messed up for about six weeks.
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"(Pete Cresswell)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message ...I think it's the same

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mental illness that makes me wonder why rest room doors at the office

don't all

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open outwards

So your colleagues don't get "doored" in the hall whilst dashing to the FAX machine.

Mark

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Never wore a helmet windsurfing, but it's been a few years, maybe the water's gotten harder LOL!

I don't wear one 97% of the time, but when I go out in conditions that are, for me, unusally
extreme, I wear one. More against eating the mast/booms or taking my own fin in the head when
waterstarting than anything else. I think the header-at-speed is a definate downside though. Imagine
sticking your head out the door in a hurricane bare headed. Now imagine sticking your head out the
same window in the same hurricane with a something pretty large strapped to
it...
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PeteCresswell

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so once people have washed their hands, they don't have to grab the same [rest room door] handle
to get out that half the flu sufferers and nose pickers in the office have already grabbed

Not to mention those who didn't bother to wash those hands at all after finishing their business.
The solution is to use the paper towel upon which you dried your hands to open the door on your
way out (the big assumption being that your rest rooms have paper towels, and a waste bin near
the door).

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Never wore a helmet windsurfing, but it's been a few years, maybe the water's gotten harder LOL!

downside though. Imagine sticking your head out the door in a hurricane bare headed. Now imagine
sticking your head out the same same window in the same hurricane with a something pretty large
strapped

to

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it...

That's why skydivers don't like helmets. At least not hardhats.
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Perre

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That's why skydivers don't like helmets. At least not hardhats.

I'm starting to think maybe that's why Gath helmets are the way they are....there's definately a
tradeoff of water resistance vs shock absorbtion.
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