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[400bhp]

You don't appear to understand the concept of research & development.

Yeah, design something that has "improved performance" without understanding what that means.

Genius

 

[snailracer]

Read up about present design, if you want "improved performance" ,then there are several points that need to be addressed:

Snag points and ventilation which cause rotation and arrest motion, may even cause ejection of the helmet

Poor facial protection

Decreasing amount of material to actually absorb the impact, making the helmet less effective

Increasing density of the remaining material, again decreasing the ability to absorb the energy of an impact

Helmets with better protection already exist - the difficulty is in making them light and providing good ventilation.

 

[snailracer]

Yeah, design something that has "improved performance" without understanding what that means.

Genius

So what does it mean, genius?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Ha, a helmet fitted with tiny castor wheels should allay your fears about rotational injuries

Simply fit four legs with wheels on the end to the front, rear and sides of the helmet. Adjust leg length until they touch the ground. Now you shouldn't fall off at all

 

[4F]

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< as per my avatar.

 

[Parrot of Doom]

If you're designing a new helmet, how about some kind of attachment which fits near the ears, to stop wind noise?

 

[snailracer]

If you're designing a new helmet, how about some kind of attachment which fits near the ears, to stop wind noise?

I once fitted a pair of wool bobbles to my helmet straps, which worked quite well.

 

[400bhp]

So what does it mean, genius?

Point taken

I'd inter4preted...

I'm designing a new type of helmet which should provide greatly improved performance over the current designs out there. I can't go into too much detail right now because the patent is only in draught form and not filed with the IPO yet.

as the OP was a long way down the design process, rather than they were at/near the start.

I could be wrong?

 

[53-11]

So on one hand its good that there is a lot of experience of accidents out there (means that the data will be useful), but of course its really really bad also that there are so many accidents.!

Thanks to all for the responses, and I've taken the overall positive response as the green light to post up this:
https://www.cyclechat.net/

(Don't suppose that those who have already posted up some details of their accident could have a look at the thread and respond to that also????)

Thanks