Comments on: An Open Letter to Helmet Manufacturers http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Cookster http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-2/#comment-519894 Cookster Sat, 21 May 2011 00:44:10 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519894 Fatty, so you don't loose any footage it might be prudent to include a lighting system to highlight what the rear facing camera is picking up also. I am sure your neck could sustain another pound or 2. Fatty, so you don’t loose any footage it might be prudent to include a lighting system to highlight what the rear facing camera is picking up also. I am sure your neck could sustain another pound or 2.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519856 Jacob Fri, 20 May 2011 17:57:57 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519856 It's always frustrating to think you're riding into a stiff breeze only to notice the trees around you aren't moving. Then again, I guess that means I'd have to be moving fast enough to make a stiff breeze, which is a positive, I guess. Also, did you hear about that guy who did the art project by surgically implanting a camera into the back of his head? He had to eventually have it removed for health reasons, but that was just a prototype. Maybe the solution isn't with the helmet, but with the body itself. I'm sure a vent could be designed to accommodate the lens of your skull-mounted cameras. It’s always frustrating to think you’re riding into a stiff breeze only to notice the trees around you aren’t moving.

Then again, I guess that means I’d have to be moving fast enough to make a stiff breeze, which is a positive, I guess.

Also, did you hear about that guy who did the art project by surgically implanting a camera into the back of his head? He had to eventually have it removed for health reasons, but that was just a prototype. Maybe the solution isn’t with the helmet, but with the body itself. I’m sure a vent could be designed to accommodate the lens of your skull-mounted cameras.

]]> By: wade http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519838 wade Fri, 20 May 2011 16:56:47 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519838 Something for riders and manufacturers of helmets and equipment to consider: CPSC and EN helmet standard tests probably do not address, and did not anticipate when written, someone strapping external objects onto the helmet, which could change the load case and failure mode of the helmets, which could conceivably be more potentially dangerous than a "clean" helmet. If you ask the manufacturers, I'm sure you'll get a big disclaimer. But of course a helmet with equipment on it is surely safer than none at all, and it gives you a place to mount all that crap ... Something for riders and manufacturers of helmets and equipment to consider: CPSC and EN helmet standard tests probably do not address, and did not anticipate when written, someone strapping external objects onto the helmet, which could change the load case and failure mode of the helmets, which could conceivably be more potentially dangerous than a “clean” helmet. If you ask the manufacturers, I’m sure you’ll get a big disclaimer. But of course a helmet with equipment on it is surely safer than none at all, and it gives you a place to mount all that crap …

]]> By: Chris http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519837 Chris Fri, 20 May 2011 16:46:25 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519837 @Ken 9:19am. LOL @Ken 9:19am. LOL

]]> By: Janey http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519836 Janey Fri, 20 May 2011 15:22:02 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519836 Fatty-can you please include a request to helmet manufacturers to make a hair friendly helmet for those of us who are on the more Narcissistic side? Women throughout the world, who have uncontrolable hair even before we put on a helmet, would undoubtedly join me in this simple request. (Along with, I am sure, the IT guy.) Fatty-can you please include a request to helmet manufacturers to make a hair friendly helmet for those of us who are on the more Narcissistic side? Women throughout the world, who have uncontrolable hair even before we put on a helmet, would undoubtedly join me in this simple request. (Along with, I am sure, the IT guy.)

]]> By: patty http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519835 patty Fri, 20 May 2011 15:21:47 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519835 Good Grief are you FREAKIN' NUTS!!!!!? One wrong move and you are toast! Good Grief are you FREAKIN’ NUTS!!!!!? One wrong move and you are toast!

]]> By: Ken http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519834 Ken Fri, 20 May 2011 15:19:49 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519834 Doc Brown called, he wants his helmet back. Doc Brown called, he wants his helmet back.

]]> By: Yahoo! Rob http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519832 Yahoo! Rob Fri, 20 May 2011 14:46:45 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519832 Yikes, I need to go take muscle relaxers to get my sphincter to unclench after watching your video. You ride those cliffs clipped in to your pedals???? I'd be terrified of stalling and going over the precipice while frantically trying to unclip! Please don't die. Yikes, I need to go take muscle relaxers to get my sphincter to unclench after watching your video. You ride those cliffs clipped in to your pedals???? I’d be terrified of stalling and going over the precipice while frantically trying to unclip!

Please don’t die.

]]> By: Miles Archer http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519831 Miles Archer Fri, 20 May 2011 14:37:32 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519831 My, you really are a cautious descender. I would be right with you on that trail. See you in Davis! My, you really are a cautious descender. I would be right with you on that trail.

See you in Davis!

]]> By: daddystyle http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/comment-page-1/#comment-519830 daddystyle Fri, 20 May 2011 14:31:33 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/05/19/an-open-letter-to-helmet-manufacturers/#comment-519830 Homerun Homerun

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