Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unmvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!unmvax!cliff From: cliff@unmvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: helmet Message-ID: <644@unmvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 01:21:36 EST Article-I.D.: unmvax.644 Posted: Thu Feb 7 01:21:36 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 05:13:17 EST References: <173@mhuxl.UUCP> <643@unmvax.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 35 > Stick with a SNELL approved helmet. When I bought mine (SNELL 75) > I was told, "your neck will break before enough damage can be done to your > head to damage your brain." After reading some articles and watching a special > on our PBS station I have come to believe that statement. One exception to this rule is JEB's from Italy. They do not have either SNELL, or DOT approval. I wouldn't recommend most non SNELL helmets, but I have seen the remains of a friend's JEB's after he lost control of his BMW somewhere above 105m.p.h.--quite the conversation piece, and he is around to converse too. (He had a limp for a while, but I think that has gone away). He had just had his accident when I was about to buy my first full face helmet, so I went with JEB's. > I have a BELL star. It is drafty but I like alot of wind. It allows for > VERY good peripheral vision. It fits snugly (as any helmet you own should). > I have also owned SHOEI and find them comparable to what I have now. I have a JEB's. It isn't drafty; I don't like a lot of wind. It too allows for VERY good peripheral vision and fits snugly. BTW, I believe AGV makes fairly sturdy helmets also (another Italian company). My p.o.s.s.l.q. has one, she has a small head and had a hard time with other helmets... I don't know of anyone who has dumped their bike in one though (and I hope I don't learn). > Take great care in finding a helmet that fits you well and remember > to look for that SNELL sticker inside! > > Safe riding, ditto. --Cliff [Matthews] {purdue, cmcl2, ihnp4}!lanl!unmvax!cliff {csu-cs, pur-ee, convex, gatech, ucbvax}!unmvax!cliff 4744 Trumbull S.E. - Albuquerque NM 87108 - (505) 265-9143