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From: E8D@PSUVM.BITNET
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Subject: USCF Helmet rule
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 05:34:04 EST
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    This discussion seems to be dying down a bit so here's another twig
for the flames:
    I checked out the promo-sheet that came with my Balen.  They claim
that there is no evidence that wearing a helmet reduces body CORE TEMPERATURE
(emphasis mine).  Their claim is that an adequately ventelated helmet
(ie theirs) reduces heat loss from the head no more than a traditional cloth
cycling cap. (Of course squirting water on it doesn't do much for evaporation.)
I do wish they hadn't changed the sweat-band on the front though -- the new one
gets a lot stickier.
    I think racer's aversion to helmets is a lot like hockey player's.  There
is a lot of inertia in the system to be overcome.  Personally I don't care
except that it gives us all a bad name if cycling is seen by the general
public as a dangerous sport.  Maybe now there won't be any peer pressure
NOT to wear a hard-shell so some cyclists will be following their own
instincts.
    On the bright side at least it's a fairly uniform handicap.
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Disclaimer: Sorry about the spelling.
     
  Evan Dresel
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