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thenewgreen · 4575 days ago · link · · parent · post: "Hövding is a bicycle helmet unlike any other currently on the market."

I just bought my daughter and myself bike helmets...holy crap they aren't cheap! Also got a device that she can sit in that I tow behind my bike (also not cheap). Hadn't rode a bike in years and it's harder than I remembered, probably because I'm towing a small child.

I think I'd feel safer with an old school helmet though.

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krisc · 4575 days ago · link ·

Agreed. There's been decades of research that's gone into the modern bike helmet. As long as you're wearing it correctly (which is a discussion all its own) you're going to be well protected from a lot of head injuries. Though I appreciate new approaches to stuff like this, I'd like to see far more in the way of test results for a helmet like this before I personally use one. Right now, I know that a standard bike helmet strapped onto my head is not going to "mis-deploy" in a crash.

+discuss+discuss

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mk · 4575 days ago · link ·

Michigan just passed a law that lets motorcyclists ride without helmets. I saw my first one yesterday on the highway and it freaked me out. This morning when I merged in from the on ramp, another guy, not wearing a helmet was perfectly in my blindspot. I always even look over, not just the mirror, and didn't spot him. Luckily, he was in the far lane. He probably never realized I got on without seeing him. Motorcyclists need something like this, but they successfully lobbied for nothing.

+discuss+discuss

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ecib · 4572 days ago · link ·

As a motorcycle rider I am severly bummed out we don't have a helmet law.

I rode in Ohio with some friends a while back. I told them there was no way I was dropping my helmet once we crossed the state line. First tank of gas in that state and they are getting back on their bikes sans helmet. I chastised them, but they had no problem ignoring me. Then I thought about how I'd like to experience, just once, what it is like to ride without a helmet. I'm absolutely ridiculously cautious and defensive when on my bike, and this was out of character for me, but nevertheless I decided to experience riding that way once.

It was, hands down, the most euphoric ride I have ever been on. The closest analogy I can think of is that it is like the difference between sex with a condom on and sex without (sorry ladies, you'll just have to trust me that this is a big deal). It almost defied words how great it was. I had my helmet dropped then entire time we were in Ohio.

So yeah. I really really hate even having that option now. A lot.