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I just don't see what TJ is trying to say, but he's ignoring me now anyway.
stumpy has put it well, I've lost the will for now.
I have a full face Casco Viper. I've slammed down a couple of times on to rocky surfaces.
Due to the helmet being there I had no injuries to my head or face.
This is fact, based on experience.
My head did not twist off, knock round, spin or otherwise whiplash.
Again fact.
Transfer of energy, my arse, I'd rather the chin guard hit the ground than my teeth.
This is fact, based on experience
That's the thing that 'gets me' about some peoples stance......
......someone posts based on their own direct experience but that's dismissed as 'anecdotal evidence, not peer reviewed' but something C'n'P from a website of unknown relevance or accuracy is :FACT:
So in the absence contributions by any experts on bike helmets &/or head injuries, let's leave the Google search button alone and agree that it's all down to personal choice
i loikes the way that when everyone on here does the TJrotational test, they do up the straps and adjust the retention device
nobody actually rides with their lid on properly in real life
I'm not reading all of this rant, but I got a Parachute as it covered more of the back of my head than anything else I could find.
but i don't really like the full-face bit, so am thinking of replacing it with Fox Flux/661 Recon etc.
Oh, the back of your head, I should perhaps wear my kneepads on the backs of my knees. Do you ride backwards? 😀
Whats the Casco Viper like? its cheaper than the MET one. This thread has made me want a full face 😆
Nice and light, well vented, looks big and numb, but I've never come across one that doesn't.
You're glad of the coverage when you're going through rocky sections clipped in.
not on purpose I don't. but helmets are generaly used for those "not on purpose" moments.
I've got a big head. Most helmets perch on top like a frikkin' skull-cap.
If you need a full face helmet buy one, if you need a regular cycling helmet buy one of those. The Parachute is neither. The biggest danger is the uncertified removable chin guard breaking. It's weak points are uncomfortably close to important blood vessels IMHO.
Interesting. If I was going to buy one (which I'm not at that price) I would go with those who have said it works based on experiences they and their mates have had and not on some ludicrous manual twisting test.
Having said that, with just one deflection away from the face it could pay for itself several times over in dental costs, not to mention jeopardising my modelling career.
*ponders*
As he went down the side of his face scraped along the chicken wire put on it for grip and he is now scarred for life.
I remember that incident, it was messy. On Goodwood, White's Level, Glyncorrwg. How's your mate doing nowadays?
As he went down the side of his face scraped along the chicken wire put on it for grip and he is now scarred for life.I remember that incident, it was messy. On Goodwood, White's Level, Glyncorrwg. How's your mate doing nowadays?
Really? T'was a few years ago now alot of people were about so you may have been one of the helpers...apologies if I don't remember your name
I have not been with a ride with him since - to my knowledge he has never been properly offroad since, it finished mountain biking for him. A really scary moment was when his tongue swelled up and he started to choke...
3 of us bought parachutes pretty much immediately after that. To be fair I no longer wear mine as much, but something like that puts things in perspective.
Hey ho, lets have a pointless bicker about whether it may or may not hypothetically work...
I wasn't there but a mate was, and having Whites as a local ride I had an interest and was pretty shocked to see the pics that were put up.
I agree, epf may well absorb shock, but if your friend had been wearing a Parachute his face would not have been damaged in the way it was. I hope he's doing well.