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13-08.-2006, 11:10 AM	#31
mikesbytes Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ashfield, Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 1,707	Re: "Coolest" Helmets What about the 720 if your budget isn't strong enough for the 909 __________________ Training Log

13-08.-2006, 03:51 PM

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Re: "Coolest" Helmets

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Originally Posted by fauxpas

Oenone Wood with Limar 909... No prettier cycling combo exists...

Is he gay? you may be out of luck.

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15-08.-2006, 07:26 AM	#33
fauxpas Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Central Coast NSW AUSTRALIA Posts: 487	Re: "Coolest" Helmets A little expensive for a 2nd hand 909, but if ya got a bianchi, maybe very well worth every cent... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Bianchi-Lima...QcmdZViewIte m __________________

17-08.-2006, 12:44 PM

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Re: "Coolest" Helmets

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Originally Posted by janiejones

I think Met look cool, and I have found them the best fit as well.

+1 on the Met Stradivarius II

24-08.-2006, 05:53 AM	#35
Zeco2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 20	Re: "Coolest" Helmets Research carried out by the CTC. From their website: 'Helmet promotion campaigns claim great benefits from helmet use, but these predictions are based on small non-randomised studies, that have never been matched by real-life evidence from whole population data, such as traffic casualty and hospital treatment records. Across several countries where helmet use has become significant, large population sources show no discernible reduction at all in fatal or serious injuries relative to cycle use. Moreover, where injury trends have changed, the number or severity of injuries has increased. In London, for example, where some 50% of cyclists now wear helmets, injury severity was higher in 2001 than in 1981 and fatalities were at their highest since 1989. This cannot be attributed simply to traffic conditions; the severity of pedestrian casualties, which historically tracks those of cyclists, declined. In the USA, an increase in helmet wearing from 18% to 50% of cyclists between 1991 and 2001 was associated with a 40% increase in risk of head injury. Safety experts admit to being mystified that they can’t find a benefit from rising helmet use. In Australia, there have been competing claims about the effect of the country’s helmet laws, but it is now clear that whilst the absolute number of head injuries fell, this was proportionately less than the decline in cycle use'. The popularity of the present 'hardshell helmet' over that of the 'softshell' helmet is just one example of viral marketing concept, prevalent in the sport of cycling.

24-08.-2006, 10:15 AM

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Re: "Coolest" Helmets

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Originally Posted by Zeco2

Research carried out by the CTC. From their website:

'Helmet promotion campaigns claim great benefits from helmet use, but these predictions are based on small non-randomised studies, that have never been matched by real-life evidence from whole population data, such as traffic casualty and hospital treatment records.

Across several countries where helmet use has become significant, large population sources show no discernible reduction at all in fatal or serious injuries relative to cycle use. Moreover, where injury trends have changed, the number or severity of injuries has increased. In London, for example, where some 50% of cyclists now wear helmets, injury severity was higher in 2001 than in 1981 and fatalities were at their highest since 1989. This cannot be attributed simply to traffic conditions; the severity of pedestrian casualties, which historically tracks those of cyclists, declined.

In the USA, an increase in helmet wearing from 18% to 50% of cyclists between 1991 and 2001 was associated with a 40% increase in risk of head injury. Safety experts admit to being mystified that they can’t find a benefit from rising helmet use. In Australia, there have been competing claims about the effect of the country’s helmet laws, but it is now clear that whilst the absolute number of head injuries fell, this was proportionately less than the decline in cycle use'.

The popularity of the present 'hardshell helmet' over that of the 'softshell' helmet is just one example of viral marketing concept, prevalent in the sport of cycling.

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If a helmet protects you in any small way I'm still going to wear one.
I can't see the link between the severity of cycling related injuries and wearing a helmet, unless the more aerodynamic helmet design (longer rear extension) breaks your neck as it snags on the ground during a crash.

24-08.-2006, 01:54 PM	#37
Catabolic_Jones Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 383	Re: "Coolest" Helmets Not a big fan of the Limar and Specialized. I do like the Catlike and Giro. Fave is definitely the Sweep R, great lines. __________________ It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

24-08.-2006, 06:27 PM	#38
fauxpas Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Central Coast NSW AUSTRALIA Posts: 487	Re: "Coolest" Helmets One of my LBSs said he is clearing his Limar range as the Limars are becoming 'Rudy Project' helmets. __________________

26-08.-2006, 11:59 PM	#39
Unbelievably Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kurume, Japan Posts: 110	Re: "Coolest" Helmets I chose Trek's Sonic. Vents well and it's fitting system is great for it's price range. Attached Thumbnails

27-08.-2006, 02:38 PM

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Re: "Coolest" Helmets

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I chose Trek's Sonic.
Vents well and it's fitting system is great for it's price range.

My LBS have them for $220 AUD

But in the US http://freewheelbike.com/itemdetails.cfm?ID=1841

Makes me sick...

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