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From: ishizaki@saturn.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Helmet reviews
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Date: Mon, 7-May-84 13:48:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  7 13:48:15 1984
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Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
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I, too, have been riding seriously for ~ 4-5 years.  Before this year,
I wouldn't wear a helmet for many of the same reasons you had -- too
hot, too uncomfortable, too silly looking, too this or too that.

This year, however, I started wearing the Bell V1-Pro helmet.  It's
light, and comfortable (yes, I wear glasses, too) and not too funny
looking.  I wore it on a long uphill ride and it didn't bother me
at all. Going downhill, it caught a bee, but it flew out again. Plus,
around where I ride, more people wear helmets, and I am getting to feel
more  riders  wear them, so I don't feel so out of place wearing MINE.

Anyway, I recently had a fall on my bike.  I was riding through a
downhill hairpin turn and my tire rolled off the front wheel.  I went
down and got road rash on my leg and arm.  The next day, I realized I
had a bump on my head (temple).  No problem.. It didn't hurt at all.
The day after I looked at my helmet and saw a scratch/gouge on the
helmet and thought, " good thing I wore this... ".  THEN, I noticed
that the helmet lining (a dense styrofoam-like substance) was cracked
in the same area.  BOY, am I glad I wore that helmet!

I still don't wear it every time I ride, but certainly when I commute
or am planning to do a lot of downhill (when I go fast).

I do recommend the Bell V1-Pro.  I think it saved ME some misery.


	Audrey Ishizaki
	HPlabs
	Palo Alto, Ca
	415-857-5903