Invisible Bike Helmet.

[hsmitham]

Well now...http://jalopnik.com/swedes-develop-invisible-bike-helmet-1460189477

~Hugh

[Tom Virgil]

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

[Tim Gavin]

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

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[Peter Morgano]

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

[sameness]

I'm very curious about how the accelerometers detect a tumble.  Could vigorous riding trigger a false deployment?  

Can't remember why the topic came up, but I was explaining this device to a couple of co-workers only last week. 

One of them (who doesn't ride) wondered how/if it would work if you fell slowly sideways, a la from a track stand. 

When I couldn't answer, he reckoned he'd prefer a $20 helmet.

Jeff Hagedorn

Warragul, VIC Australia

[hsmitham]

Tom, no idea either about Snell evaluating the device. My only opinion is that it looks uncomfortable wrapped around one's neck...here in arid Los Angeles I can assure you I won't be wearing one, perhaps if I lived in Copenhagen but that's not happening either.

I'm very curious about how the accelerometers detect a tumble

Tim, it would be fun to know the technically how it senses an imminent impact.

Peter, I read the Snobs opinion and it's quite funny I especially like the idea of one for use in the neither region...and yes they are thinking outside the box regarding safety which is good. I can't say the same for the Snob.

Jeff, I think anything new is a hard sell especially when we are so comfortable wearing the current helmets...I'd rather see an intensified effort to make bike travel safer and more efficient here in the land of petrol beasts.

~Hugh

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[Marc Irwin]

It's no surprise to most people that I have fallen on my head.   Having done it with a regular Bell helmet, I lived without any fracture but a serious concussion and was told I was lucky not to have broken my neck.  I've looked at the Hovding closely, I think it would definitely provide better protection in a crash, and would be using one but the sizes available are too small for me.  They recently e-mailed me and said they expected it to take years to develop the larger sizes because they have to completely redesign the air bag from the ground up to accommodate bigger people.
They recommended looking at helmets built with the MIPS/RPS technology,  At least those helmets are tested from multiple angles and exceed industry standards.  Just FYI.

Marc

[Clayton]

It costs $500.00 and works one time only. Eeeek.

[Deacon Patrick]

So did Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) when they first came out. Now a high quality, very small one is $270. Rated at five years, that's a small price to pay for the security that should something go very wrong I will have help within a few hours. I carry with me on all my rides. The price of these will come down, but this is how innovation works. Early adopters pay the cost of R&D.

With abandon,

Patrick

[clayton bailey]

The price will come down. The invisible helmet......It seems to be a purely about "helmet hair" issues. I would rather wear a helmet than a "cervical collar." I envision not turning my head to check on traffic as often with it on, infected hair follicles where I shave, and a hot sticky neck. How do you wash it? It would be nice though, if you could have it surgically implanted in your scalp. Then you'd never forget to put it on and it would only bleed when it exploded open! Kind of destroys the point of no "helmet hair" though.

Patrick

~Hugh

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[Deacon Patrick]

Helmet hair isn't the only thing it solves. One of the reasons I do not wear a helmet is because the weight on my head and the motion it has combine to really mess with my vertigo. I suspect it is part of why people don't like wearing them, except they don't know it because the price for them is negligible. I agree with you though, I also dispose those wrap around the neck pillows, which I presume feel similar to this, so I doubt I would wear it until it's the size and almost the weight of a rolled up bandana.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Chris Halasz]

I wear two helmets most of the time; removing one makes me feel a little wild, and with it any perceived discomfort. 

 

Cheers, 

 

Chris