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Snell M2015 helmets: Arai, Bell, Fly, HJC, Shoei and Troy Lee Designs. For those commenting that Snell is designed for higher speeds- the test impact is at 17 mph. That's to prevent death.
6D has some marketing material with limited data. Aside from Leatt and 6D, I see no reason to choose another ECE rated helmet over a Snell M2015 helmet.
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What is "decelerates the brain far too rapidly"? What is the medical basis for this?
The only motorsport helmet impact test standards that exist are for preventing death. The idea of designing to prevent brain injuries has been around but there must be medical direction to establish what acceleration causes a brain injury, and what acceleration threshold should be a design goal.
What are your thoughts on "disposable" and unseen damage to helmets and their relation to risk? I'm assuming you are an insider?
As far as decelerates the brain too rapidly most fatalities aren't where something punctures the helmet and head it is what is known as a closed head injury. The head looks fine but not to be too gross brain fluid will be coming from where it shouldn't be. The fluid is cerebralspinal fluid and it cushions the brain inside the skull. The whole idea behind a helmet is to decelerate the brain slow enough that your brain fluid (and holes in your brain) can do their jobs and continue to slow the brain. As I said in an earlier post you could make an indestructible helmet out of roll bar tubing and end up killing everybody that used it because it just stopped the brain it didn't slow it down. A helmet is nothing more than the crumple zones on a car.
If my thinking is wrong then how come high end helmets like the Fly Formula, the 6D and Leatt are not getting Snell certified? 6D won a huge cash award from the NFL for their work. The idea behind helmet safety has made a big shift in the past 15 years, having a helmet withstand consecutive 300g impacts at the same place is effectively useless for what we do.
There is one of Albertyn I think that comes to mind.
And the one of Mike Craig landing on someone's head as they were coming up the 3rd jump of a triple. 1988 I think.
I have no evidence anything today is better or worse, but I will say some newer lids are far flimsier and cheaper feeling than an older and heavier lid.
I dont have a rubber neck so I couldn't care less what the weight is if it works.
Maybe the better technology is offsetting the loss in weight netting a relative zero improvement in safety
Light weight has to come from less material somewhere.
Looked at 6D and they have test graphics at 6 m/s. I knocked myself out this summer going somewhere close to 16 m/s..... so I think that it’s safe to assume that 6D looses their competitive advantage past 6 m/s.
I have no idea what to do. Throw a blanket over Fly, Fox, 6D, Bell and Shoei. It’s all so crash dependent everyone is lying if they say theirs is the hands down best.
Going to give this a go upcoming season
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TLD helmet is good. Pingree alluded to the fact that the helmets he was surprised by in the testing and those could have been major brands and TLD ranked high.
On the size concern, there are parents that use our BMX Default helmet or MTB Carbon Werx for children especially those doing both BMX and riding a PW, but I can’t really recommend that since it’s not the intended usage.
On the youth Formula, we offer YS and YM liner/cheek pads to fit the YL shell. That YL shell is around 2.5 lbs.
http://www.wpsstatic.com/miscimages/info/Formula-Benchmark-Data-Testing…
That being said, I need a new helmet in the spring and Fly is on the short list after wearing Arai for the last 14 years.
If their a major player in this industry their top line helmet is very good. Fit is number 1, but fit also includes how it feels in action. I had a helmet from a major player and fit felt fantastic but as I rode it put pressure on a muscle in my neck the caused a headache after 5 to 10 minutes racing in it. I sold it with 15 minutes of wear. Top of their line helmet.
What I am saying fit is foremost but until you have a few minutes in it you really don’t know.
ECE is a great standard for helmets. And models that are sold in Europe have that as their standard and every major player here has to meet ECE to be raced in Europe. It’s all your personal choice so use your head.
I think on the white and black formula, tone down the logos on every corner of the helmet so people would be more likely to mix gear companies products.
Going in the direction of FORMULA being more the brand focus than "fly" might be a good move just for that reason. Formula Protection by fly for all top of the line protection products.
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