Paper Helmet ??

[Hitchington]

At least they're stylish.

 

[srw]

She's got the prize to develop it, so it's not ready for Market yet. I think we can assume that it performed well enough to give them confidence it could be made to meet the standards

I think you're being generous. 10 pounds over 3 feet isn't really very much.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I think you're being generous. 10 pounds over 3 feet isn't really very much.

Well, that's pretty much the standard test. An iron anvil of a certain weight dropped over that type of distance onto the helmet. I don't doubt it's efficacy compared to polystyrene helmets.

However, science is getting in the way of a good laugh here. How many other helmet materials are good for wiping your arse in an emergency?

 

[night cycler]

I think it is another one of those ideas/inventions that shouldn`t be successful but probably will be. The problem is that some occasional cyclists will believe they are well protected.

 

[greekonabike]

I think the idea that it will be used by people that wouldn't have otherwise worn a helmet is good but I seriously doubt it's effectiveness in blocking the signals the government are trying to send to my brain.

 

[Dayvo]

Looks like a Christmas decoration.

Prefer mine, actually.

 

[Tin Pot]

Video here shows the test:


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6FCnwGtW1tA


I'm not sure the efficacy of a one-ride helmet though. Apparently designed to be recycled at the end of the ride.

 

[Tin Pot]

I think two threads was already enough

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I'm not sure the efficacy of a one-ride helmet though.

Or the expense. Even if it's $5, that's probably more than the cost of the bike rental.

Apparently designed to be recycled at the end of the ride.

I wonder, when they say recycled do they mean offered for sale to the next rider (yuk) or retained and remanufactured?

And this caption is bollocks:



The biggest obstacle to giving people the confidence to ride safely in cities is the lack of safe infrastructure.

 

[night cycler]

Or the expense. Even if it's $5, that's probably more than the cost of the bike rental.

The biggest obstacle to giving people the confidence to ride safely in cities is the lack of safe infrastructure.

It would make sense to a least offer the loan of a proper helmet at the time the cycle is being hired.

 

[ufkacbln]

Made of the same material as coffee cups.......


Wait until Hugh Fearnley-Eatitall hears about that

We will have a massive campaign for the recycling of cycle helmets

 

[jefmcg]

I'm not sure the efficacy of a one-ride helmet though. Apparently designed to be recycled at the end of the ride.

That's not what it says in the article.

"The helmet is designed for a limited number of uses and will deteriorate and weaken over time, especially if carried around at the bottom of a bag. The final design is likely to have a visible stripe that will wear off when it is time to throw it away or a clip that ceases to work after a certain amount of time."

 

[mjr]

Well, that's pretty much the standard test. An iron anvil of a certain weight dropped over that type of distance onto the helmet. I don't doubt it's efficacy compared to polystyrene helmets.

Is three feet or roughly 0.9m (the test height here) really the same "type of distance" as 1.5m (the EN test height) or 2m (the CPSC test height)? Seems off by a noticeable % there, especially given acceleration is m/s², and ten pounds seems quite a bit lighter than 6.1kg and even a bit shy of the CPSC 5kg.

However, science is getting in the way of a good laugh here. How many other helmet materials are good for wiping your arse in an emergency?

I think it is another one of those ideas/inventions that shouldn`t be successful but probably will be. The problem is that some occasional cyclists will believe they are well protected.

Don't worry: Darwin's theory should make that belief die out eventually...

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It would make sense to a least offer the loan of a proper helmet at the time the cycle is being hired.

Aside from a helmet not being necessary, there are too many problems with your idea. Helmets are not 'one size fits all', which is another reason I see this paper helmet idea failing.

 

[mjr]

It would make sense to a least offer the loan of a proper helmet at the time the cycle is being hired.

Why? You can't trust a hired helmet hasn't been crashed and cracked in a hard-to-spot way.