I tried the Hedkayse (non-hinge) folding helmet today. It's not bad.
Pros: Comfortable, looks okay, feels solid.
Cons: Only up to a headsize of 56.5cm : The strap tightening mechanism is fiddly and the price at £150 is double all the others. It sort of folds in on itself, like a base-ball glove rather than like a piece of engineering. The fold size is about 55% so still quite bulky. I felt it might look a bit grubby after a relatively short period of use.
https://www.hedkayse.com/?gclid=Cjw...FGxvd_rEnifv9ATHM8MMapGkTs442IlhoCFV0QAvD_BwE
People still
wondering why a folding helmet ? Because if you get the right one you can fit it into a backpack and that's less of a hassle than backpack AND helmet. It means off-road, park and tow path cycling on sunny days you can lose the helmet and at the office / work meetings you can store it away.
The hinged hissie-fit. Hinged condoms ? Well i hear some men's members aren't so straight. But as already established in this thread, emerging designs include new uses of materials which don't have hinges.
The question here is what do the EN-1078 tests consist of, noting it's primarily tested solid helmets historically ? That said, these folding helmets are passing that standard. So anxieties beyond that are about the exception to the rule ????
I have a few myself. For example how do the soft geometrical structural-material folding helmets stand up to an impact with a pointed object or sharp edge ? Others think the whole project is unhinged generally. I disagree, i think there's a market for folding helmets because there are so many different kinds of cyclist/contexts.
For me, i'm taking it that the majority of impacts i'm likely to face if they occur, are falling/being thrown off my bike onto a hard surface. If i'm run over, that's another matter and i'm not sure any cycle helmet is designed to survive being driven over by set of lorry/car wheels anyway. My main concern is hard surfaces.
Hope to have a look at the contentious hinged model: Overade Plixi later next week.
sp
Pros: Comfortable, looks okay, feels solid.
Cons: Only up to a headsize of 56.5cm : The strap tightening mechanism is fiddly and the price at £150 is double all the others. It sort of folds in on itself, like a base-ball glove rather than like a piece of engineering. The fold size is about 55% so still quite bulky. I felt it might look a bit grubby after a relatively short period of use.
https://www.hedkayse.com/?gclid=Cjw...FGxvd_rEnifv9ATHM8MMapGkTs442IlhoCFV0QAvD_BwE
People still
wondering why a folding helmet ? Because if you get the right one you can fit it into a backpack and that's less of a hassle than backpack AND helmet. It means off-road, park and tow path cycling on sunny days you can lose the helmet and at the office / work meetings you can store it away. The hinged hissie-fit. Hinged condoms ? Well i hear some men's members aren't so straight. But as already established in this thread, emerging designs include new uses of materials which don't have hinges.
The question here is what do the EN-1078 tests consist of, noting it's primarily tested solid helmets historically ? That said, these folding helmets are passing that standard. So anxieties beyond that are about the exception to the rule ????
I have a few myself. For example how do the soft geometrical structural-material folding helmets stand up to an impact with a pointed object or sharp edge ? Others think the whole project is unhinged generally. I disagree, i think there's a market for folding helmets because there are so many different kinds of cyclist/contexts. For me, i'm taking it that the majority of impacts i'm likely to face if they occur, are falling/being thrown off my bike onto a hard surface. If i'm run over, that's another matter and i'm not sure any cycle helmet is designed to survive being driven over by set of lorry/car wheels anyway. My main concern is hard surfaces.
Hope to have a look at the contentious hinged model: Overade Plixi later next week.
sp
