4 years of football and 20 years of bike riding has made me so used to wearing a helmet I really don't notice it at all. I applaud anyone who wants to make people safer, however. Bike snob did skewer this particular idea already if anyone wants a laugh.
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2010/10/swelled-head-shock-of-pneumatic.html On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Tim Gavin <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm not sold on the tradeoff, comfort-wise. The entering premise is that > bike helmets are uncomfortable, but this collar doesn't seem any better. > Seems like it would make you sweat, chafe, and would flop around during > vigorous riding. > > I'm very curious about how the accelerometers detect a tumble. Could > vigorous riding trigger a false deployment? > > Similar systems are used in Moto GP racing, and I think they have the bugs > worked out, so the system can work as designed. But I'm not sure how > a £400 product can have the same fidelity as the surely more expensive one > for motorcycle racing. > > An interesting product, but I'm not getting one. My $35 Bell helmet will > continue to work fine for me. Plus, I don't have to recharge it. > > tim > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Tom Virgil <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> From the end of the video I take it this is some kind of air bag that is >> deployed. >> >> I have no preconceived notion or opinion, but it would be interesting to >> know how an organization like Snell has evaluated it. >> >> Interesting. >> >> Tom >> >> >> On Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:44:05 PM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: >>> >>> Well now...http://jalopnik.com/swedes-develop-invisible-bike- >>> helmet-1460189477 >>> >>> ~Hugh >>> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
