Same as MIPS

3strokemx
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Is riding with your helmet not buckled the same as MIPS?  

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OwenJakes 7/29/2025 11:59am
7/29/2025 11:59am

Basically yes 

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GrapeApe 7/29/2025 12:27pm
7/29/2025 12:27pm

There's only one way to find out . . .

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Dirty Points 7/29/2025 12:35pm
7/29/2025 12:35pm
3strokemx wrote:

Is riding with your helmet not buckled the same as MIPS?  

For the first fractional second of the impact, yes.

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3strokemx 7/29/2025 12:46pm
7/29/2025 12:46pm
Dirty Points wrote:

For the first fractional second of the impact, yes.

That's when it counts right?  MIPS Absorbs some force to try to keep your brain from sloshing around?

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mx 219 7/29/2025 1:02pm
7/29/2025 1:02pm

Just imagine, MIPS without your helmet buckled. Twice the impact protection!!!

 

This is a joke.

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Dirty Points 7/29/2025 2:15pm
7/29/2025 2:15pm
Dirty Points wrote:

For the first fractional second of the impact, yes.

3strokemx wrote:

That's when it counts right?  MIPS Absorbs some force to try to keep your brain from sloshing around?

Correct, and the unbuckled helmet continues absorbing forces as it bounces away off your head.

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LungButter 7/29/2025 2:24pm
7/29/2025 2:24pm
GrapeApe wrote:

There's only one way to find out . . .

I 2nd this.

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zippytech 7/29/2025 2:31pm
7/29/2025 2:31pm

I think the only place I have put a helmet on and not buckled it was for tech.

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