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Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: New Bell Helmet
Message-ID: <382@cartan.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Wed, 19-Nov-86 23:52:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 19 23:52:02 1986
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References: <932@cuuxb.UUCP> <4597@reed.UUCP>
Organization: Math Dept. UCB
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Summary: kevlar abrasion properties


In article <4597@reed.UUCP> kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) asks:

>Speaking of Kevlar (the material the $1000 Bell helmet
>is made of), has anyone ever seen any Kevlar jackets or
>trousars for motorcycling? 

I have heard that kevlar, for all its tensile strength, has
rather poor abrasion resistance. 

-- 
William Baxter

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