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Old April 11th 10, 06:46 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tim McNamara
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Default You don't need an expensive bike helmet to ride safely---BHSI Lab Tests Finds no difference between expensive and cheap helmets.

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Frank Krygowski wrote:

On Apr 10, 9:59*pm, SMS wrote:
They tested six helmets, priced between $10 and $207, and found no
difference in simulations of real-world impacts.

"http://www.bhsi.org/testbycost.htm"

"http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20100408/NEWS10/4080579/1027/You+..."


Wow. According to that article, "Medical research shows that bike
helmets can prevent 85 percent of cyclists' head injuries."

Isn't that astonishing?


Indeed.

I remember the Bell Helmet ad of a little girl sitting on her bike
wearing shiny new athletic shoes of some sort. The caption was "Does
your child have $100 feet and a $10 head?" BHSI exposes the real
reasons for fearmongering the need for helmets: profit, not protection.

Sooner or later, though, they will be hoist by their own petard in
court. Just ask Riddell. Those 85% prevention claims will be tested.
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