I lurk and seldom post here, but there is some interesting content and I would like to weigh in. I use Bell helmets, for some reason they fit my head best.
In 2002 I was in a bike lane @ about 18 to 20 mph, and there was a six foot wide by six foot deep ditch the width of the lane. The crew fixing the pipes underground failed to put a steel plate over it. The woman in front of me (about 50 yards) crashed, broke her ribs, arm, collarbone, punctured her lung and it collapsed. Her head was fine. Due to her helmet. My front wheel went into goes into the ditch. It was an abyss and my bike disappears. I have over 40 years experience in the martial arts, with lots of training in taking falls. I rolled, instinctively , broke fall , stood, the pain that ripped through my body was so intense I fell to the ground. Another rider pulled me to the side of the bike lane and got my bike. He thought my roll was cool (LOL), my fork was bent, downtube bent,wheel was true. Riv content: I was on my Lemond that day, Riv was spared. My helmet looked ok, the plastic was lightly cracked. The foam inside had deep cracks. And it was a glancing blow from my roll. Moral of the story: even with all my training for falls, more than most humans on Earth, I am glad I was wearing my helmet. I rode the bent bike home (steel rules). Mark Rosenberg Www.youtube.com/howtostretch SDCA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
