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From: tom@oasys.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: USCF HELMET RULE
Message-ID: <174@oasys.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 13:26:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  7 13:26:12 1986
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> I would like to stimulate some discussion on the new United States Cycling
> Federation ruling requiring ANSI approved hard-shell helmets in USCF sanctioned
> reaces.  Personally, I feel based on eight years of racing experience that
> these helmets pose much more of a heat retention problem and therefore heat
> exhaustion and heat stroke problem than their added protection is worth.  
> In Europe, where bike racing is the number one or two sport in many 
> countries, this new ruling has become some what of a joke.  It is accepted 
> there that the risks of the sport are understood by the riders.  
> 	The two best reasons against this ruling I feel are heat problems and 
> the freedom an individual should have from others dictating what he should do
> for his own benefit.  Please don't answer by saying you have never had heat 
> problems with your hard helmet unless you have been racing as a Category I or
> II in 100 degree weather in 100+ mile races.  It is at the limits of physical 
> exhaustion where heat really becomes a problem.
> 
> 			Tom Nelson @ NBI in Boulder CO