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[hyperliterate]

For what it's worh, Consumer Reports rated the Specialized Echelon the highest for it's greater impact resistance and that's a $60 helmet.


http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/health/exercise-fitness/bike-helmets/bike-helmets-ratings/ratings-overview.htm

 

[hyperliterate]

The concussion issue is far from easy to resolve. As in pro football, concussions would likely result from brain bruises incurred when the soft brain mashes against the hard bone on the inside of the skull. Like unrestrained passengers in a car, the brain has momentum even after the skull is abruptly stopped. Yes, you need energy absorption outside the skull, but you need it inside as well like seat restraints and air bags in cars. BTW, I'm not an MD or anatomical specialist of any kind. This is just what I've gleaned from my reading.

 

[Volnix]

Originally Posted by hyperliterate .

The concussion issue is far from easy to resolve. As in pro football, concussions would likely result from brain bruises incurred when the soft brain mashes against the hard bone on the inside of the skull. Like unrestrained passengers in a car, the brain has momentum even after the skull is abruptly stopped. Yes, you need energy absorption outside the skull, but you need it inside as well like seat restraints and air bags in cars. BTW, I'm not an MD or anatomical specialist of any kind. This is just what I've gleaned from my reading.

So basically no more speed fun... /img/vbsmilies/smilies/wink.gif

 

[alienator]

The  concussion issue is far from easy to resolve.  As in pro football, concussions would likely result from brain bruises incurred when the soft brain mashes against the hard bone on the inside of the skull.  Like unrestrained passengers in a car, the brain has momentum even after the skull is abruptly stopped.  Yes, you need energy absorption outside the skull, but you need it inside as well like seat restraints and air bags in cars.  BTW, I'm not an MD or anatomical specialist of any kind.  This is just what I've gleaned from my reading.

I'm not sure what the point is you're trying to make about needing energy absorption "inside as well like seat restraints...." You do understand that no such restraints are possible on a bicycle, and there's no way to improve intracranial energy absorption, right?

 

[hyperliterate]

No. I realize that. I was just using the example of seat restraints to illustrate the problem. That's why I stated at the outset that the concussion issue is far from easy to resolve.

 

[jaygeephoto]

Thanks for the retro-tech helmet photos. There's an interesting story in the June issue of Bicycling Magazine about how much protection helmets actually provide in so far as concussion protection (read, none). And the progress (read, little) that's been made in the last 3 decades. Can a Mars Rover type of pre-impact airbag be the future? None the less, if I don't get too dizzy form heat exhaustion I'm less likely to crash. The wet cabbage, soaked schmatte thing for my head sounds interesting. So does a haircut. I'll let you know how the Bell Sweep works out when this summer's global warming kicks in.