hogwash, Deac, I've been twice on my helmet and gloves- once I was thrown 20' when a water company pump pad grabbed and froze my front wheel to the axle. I slid on the helmet and gloves, and recieved no road rash on my face or head. I replaced my helmet in kind.
On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 11:59:26 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Until helmets can address the basic physics of inertia and rapid > deceleration of the soft tissue brain inside the hard nut case, and the > resulting biology of the brain sheering neural connections because of the > coup countrecoup sloshing about like jello in a dropped bowl, helmets will > do very little to mitigate brain injury and a lot to make people think they > accomplish something. To avoid brain injury, avoid the impact. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 10:42:32 AM UTC-6, Clementine59 wrote: >> >> It's interesting how MIPS is promoted and accepted by users in the >> apparent absence of evidence supporting its effectiveness. If it works, >> show me the data! >> >> On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 11:31:21 AM UTC-4, Clayton wrote: >>> >>> Marketing is amazing. It is used to squeeze as much money as possible >>> from my wallet, using as many psychological tricks as they can. In my >>> humble opinion, MIPS is marketing bullshirt'. From the brief research I >>> have done and the scalp injuries I have seen as a Paramedic, I have come to >>> see MIPs as snake oil. The 'slippage' or movement that the helmets market, >>> is very small, usually just a few millimeters. >>> >> -- 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.
