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Steven Bornfeld
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[email protected] wrote:
> Steven Bornfeld wrote:
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>>[email protected] wrote:
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>>>Steven Bornfeld wrote:
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>>>> I would welcome your efforts to make cycling helmets more effective.
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>>>
>>>I won't make that effort.
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>> I know you won't--that's my point.
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>
> Right. They're not needed. Making them "more effective" is a waste of
> time. Surely that's simple enough to understand.
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>> As I said in my previous post: To make them
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>>>more effective, make them much thicker. Do away with most of the
>>>ventilation holes. Bring back the hard shells. Oh, and redesign the
>>>ridiculously ineffective straps with something that will keep its shape
>>>and adjustment - maybe solid plastic. [And as I said, these would make helmets only marginally more protective, but significantly more unpleasant.]
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>> You don't know (and CANNOT know) that that is the only way to do this.
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> Oh, I'm sure a non-engineer can tell a licensed mechanical
> engineer what he knows about mechanical design!
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> What did you say your background was? ISTR it was dentistry.
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> You'll note that I never debate dentists on tooth cleaning. There are
> good reasons for that. Perhaps you should ponder them.
>
> - Frank Krygowski
Please feel free, Frank. If you have in fact worked on making helmets
safer, accept my apologies. If you think the brain-injured and dead
people I've known are a waste of time, you can go to hell.
Steve
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> Steven Bornfeld wrote:
>
>>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>>>Steven Bornfeld wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I would welcome your efforts to make cycling helmets more effective.
>>>
>>>
>>>I won't make that effort.
>>
>> I know you won't--that's my point.
>
>
> Right. They're not needed. Making them "more effective" is a waste of
> time. Surely that's simple enough to understand.
>
>
>> As I said in my previous post: To make them
>>
>>>more effective, make them much thicker. Do away with most of the
>>>ventilation holes. Bring back the hard shells. Oh, and redesign the
>>>ridiculously ineffective straps with something that will keep its shape
>>>and adjustment - maybe solid plastic. [And as I said, these would make helmets only marginally more protective, but significantly more unpleasant.]
>>
>>
>> You don't know (and CANNOT know) that that is the only way to do this.
>
>
> Oh, I'm sure a non-engineer can tell a licensed mechanical
> engineer what he knows about mechanical design!
>
> What did you say your background was? ISTR it was dentistry.
>
> You'll note that I never debate dentists on tooth cleaning. There are
> good reasons for that. Perhaps you should ponder them.
>
> - Frank Krygowski
Please feel free, Frank. If you have in fact worked on making helmets
safer, accept my apologies. If you think the brain-injured and dead
people I've known are a waste of time, you can go to hell.
Steve
>
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