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"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.
Please keep your bicycling [censored] out of alt.troll.
We eat bicyclists for lunch.
Yours, from under the bridge, El Trauco
