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06-18-2004, 10:22 PM

"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote:

>
>"Tom Beattie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].. .
>> Hi group,
>.
>>
>> Keep it tire side down,
>> TomB
>
>Good to hear you're OK. Now you'll have to hear how you caused the accident by
>wearing a hellment, because people who don't wear them never crash...

The guy in the truck must not have seen mine...

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
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Home of the $695 ti frame

06-19-2004, 10:08 AM

Tom Beattie wrote:
> Hi group, I have to share my helmet story and offer it up to be
> skewered. I wiped out on May 29th, going about 25 mph, slight downhill.
> Landed on my right side, cheekbone and helmet. Lotsa road rash on knees
> and arm. Divot outta my cheek.
> Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
> into 3 pcs.
> Started riding again Wednesday, 2 1/2 weeks after impact. Fancy new
> Giro helmet.
> Not getting any urges to duplicate the impact without the helmet, just
> to see if there's a measurable difference.
> Keep it tire side down, TomB

Glad to hear you didn't suffer any serious injuries

*settles back to watch the latest installment of this particula
Holy War.

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06-19-2004, 10:08 AM

Tom Beattie wrote:
> Hi group, I have to share my helmet story and offer it up to be
> skewered. I wiped out on May 29th, going about 25 mph, slight downhill.
> Landed on my right side, cheekbone and helmet. Lotsa road rash on knees
> and arm. Divot outta my cheek.
> Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
> into 3 pcs.
> Started riding again Wednesday, 2 1/2 weeks after impact. Fancy new
> Giro helmet.
> Not getting any urges to duplicate the impact without the helmet, just
> to see if there's a measurable difference.
> Keep it tire side down, TomB

Glad to hear you didn't suffer any serious injuries

*settles back to watch the latest installment of this particula
Holy War.

-

06-19-2004, 10:08 AM

Tom Beattie wrote:
> Hi group, I have to share my helmet story and offer it up to be
> skewered. I wiped out on May 29th, going about 25 mph, slight downhill.
> Landed on my right side, cheekbone and helmet. Lotsa road rash on knees
> and arm. Divot outta my cheek.
> Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
> into 3 pcs.
> Started riding again Wednesday, 2 1/2 weeks after impact. Fancy new
> Giro helmet.
> Not getting any urges to duplicate the impact without the helmet, just
> to see if there's a measurable difference.
> Keep it tire side down, TomB

Glad to hear you didn't suffer any serious injuries

*settles back to watch the latest installment of this particula
Holy War.

-

06-19-2004, 10:08 AM

Tom Beattie wrote:
> Hi group, I have to share my helmet story and offer it up to be
> skewered. I wiped out on May 29th, going about 25 mph, slight downhill.
> Landed on my right side, cheekbone and helmet. Lotsa road rash on knees
> and arm. Divot outta my cheek.
> Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
> into 3 pcs.
> Started riding again Wednesday, 2 1/2 weeks after impact. Fancy new
> Giro helmet.
> Not getting any urges to duplicate the impact without the helmet, just
> to see if there's a measurable difference.
> Keep it tire side down, TomB

Glad to hear you didn't suffer any serious injuries

*settles back to watch the latest installment of this particula
Holy War.

-

06-19-2004, 10:08 AM

Tom Beattie wrote:
> Hi group, I have to share my helmet story and offer it up to be
> skewered. I wiped out on May 29th, going about 25 mph, slight downhill.
> Landed on my right side, cheekbone and helmet. Lotsa road rash on knees
> and arm. Divot outta my cheek.
> Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
> into 3 pcs.
> Started riding again Wednesday, 2 1/2 weeks after impact. Fancy new
> Giro helmet.
> Not getting any urges to duplicate the impact without the helmet, just
> to see if there's a measurable difference.
> Keep it tire side down, TomB

Glad to hear you didn't suffer any serious injuries

*settles back to watch the latest installment of this particula
Holy War.

-

06-19-2004, 10:40 AM

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:05:45 -0400, Tom Beattie <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>:

>Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
>into 3 pcs.

It failed? Shame. That's the problem with helmets, they keep
breaking and people think that's Saved Their Life [tm]. When my
knitted acrylic balaclava Saved My Life [tm] it emerged completely
unscathed and is still wearable. Nobody advised me to throw it away
because it had been in a crash.

Helmets are supposed to squash, not crack. Polystyrene foam absorbs
very little energy in brittle failure. But the helmet manufacturers
don't seem to make that point very clearly on their websites - I
wonder why?

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
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88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

06-19-2004, 10:40 AM

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:05:45 -0400, Tom Beattie <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>:

>Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
>into 3 pcs.

It failed? Shame. That's the problem with helmets, they keep
breaking and people think that's Saved Their Life [tm]. When my
knitted acrylic balaclava Saved My Life [tm] it emerged completely
unscathed and is still wearable. Nobody advised me to throw it away
because it had been in a crash.

Helmets are supposed to squash, not crack. Polystyrene foam absorbs
very little energy in brittle failure. But the helmet manufacturers
don't seem to make that point very clearly on their websites - I
wonder why?

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

06-19-2004, 10:40 AM

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:05:45 -0400, Tom Beattie <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>:

>Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
>into 3 pcs.

It failed? Shame. That's the problem with helmets, they keep
breaking and people think that's Saved Their Life [tm]. When my
knitted acrylic balaclava Saved My Life [tm] it emerged completely
unscathed and is still wearable. Nobody advised me to throw it away
because it had been in a crash.

Helmets are supposed to squash, not crack. Polystyrene foam absorbs
very little energy in brittle failure. But the helmet manufacturers
don't seem to make that point very clearly on their websites - I
wonder why?

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

06-19-2004, 10:40 AM

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:05:45 -0400, Tom Beattie <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>:

>Road rash through the plastic cover on the helmet. Broke same helmet
>into 3 pcs.

It failed? Shame. That's the problem with helmets, they keep
breaking and people think that's Saved Their Life [tm]. When my
knitted acrylic balaclava Saved My Life [tm] it emerged completely
unscathed and is still wearable. Nobody advised me to throw it away
because it had been in a crash.

Helmets are supposed to squash, not crack. Polystyrene foam absorbs
very little energy in brittle failure. But the helmet manufacturers
don't seem to make that point very clearly on their websites - I
wonder why?

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University