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Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by rnewme »

usrusr wrote: post #77
Drunk_Engineer wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

99% of bike fatalities involve car crashes. There is no styrofoam helmet which will protect against that, and the VaTech test notably does not model that type of crash. To my knowledge, the only group that tried to test bike helmets against a car is Volvo -- and all helmets failed.

The key service performed by a cycling helmet is not turning a death situation into a permanently maimed situation (they do that, but that's a very rare occurrence), it's turning a life changing injury situation into a situation of some fractured bones that will be almost forgotten two months later. The life and death part is overrated. I guess one reason people are so focused on that is because it's easy to quantify…

X-Rays of Rob Pike's Shoulder http://herpolhode.com/rob/xray.html

Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by cobbzilla »

needSomeCoffee wrote: post #59
blacksmith_tb wrote: post #8

As someone who commutes in traffic daily, this is not what I need or want. First up, it looks heavy and badly-ventilated, and then there's the potential for distracting info blocking my view of the actual road in front of me. Even if it was really good info (which would take really good sensors, plus a lot of compute to cram onboard), I am skeptical it'd be better than, you know, paying attention to your surroundings…

I also did many miles commuting and riding in the city. A key, absolute rule after too many close calls was to never cross in front of a car about to enter or cross-over the road I was on unless I could see the driver looking at me. No matter how clear my right-of-way was or how obvious I thought I was. One close call about every 10K miles or so was enough for me to realize only purely defensive riding in the city wo…

+1 to this. I always make eye contact with the driver in any iffy scenario. If you’re going to commit vehicular manslaughter on me, you’re gonna have to look me in the eye while you do it!

Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by PpEY4fu85hkQpn »

tonymet wrote: post #47
wxw wrote: post #3

So I started biking recently and was hunting for helmets. And turns out Virgina Tech does a bunch of helmet impact testing and maintains a ranking list https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/ . The latest helmets have a releasable layer that absorbs (converts rotational energy?) more impact. This HUD is pretty slick. In a way, it's more preventative (avoiding accidents) vs. reactive (absorbing impact in an accident) safety w…

MIPS is great but every layer is a tradeoff with venting. without MIPS the vents allow air onto your scalp. with MIPS you effectively have a plastic shower cap over your head, beneath the EVA foam insulator. I'm anti MIPS

I'm looking at my 2 MIPS helmets right now and your comment is complete nonsense. If anything the MIPS layer will allow for more breathability.

Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by Gigachad »

supertroop wrote: post #68
nntwozz wrote: post #5

Oh no I forgot to charge my helmet. Also, helmets are meant to be replaced every couple of years as the materials deteriorate (UV/heat) and the protection dissipates. As we like to say, dentist helmet.

I’m so done with technology’s “answer to a question nobody asked.” Like bluetooth derailleurs. Utter garbage. The only down side is that this wave of technocrap wipes out shelf space for analog cyclists. Hard enough to find a decent triple front derailleur, let alone 48-spoke hubs with a cartridge. Now this crap.

Wasn't the triple front derailleur basically obsoleted by putting more gears on the rear? All the talk has been around single front gears and 12-13 rear gears. None of that has to do with electronics.

Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by dominotw »

neves wrote: post #73
dominotw wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oh yea skiing and mountian biking helmets have had mips for years

T Schumacher, the fórmula 1 champion, would be alone if he was using a MIPS helmet

i think he scrwed holes into helment to setup his go pro

Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by SequoiaHope »

To anyone who wants to ride more safely I cannot recommend enough this simple $20 mirror which I find so valuable that I buy extra and hand them out to friends and strangers to help keep them safer. A mirror mounted on your glasses or a similar mirror affixed to your helmet (close to your eyes and mounted on your head) allows for a large field of view that you can easily steer to see behind you.

I ride on the streets of Oakland every single day and situational awareness is critical. The single biggest thing you can do for safety is watch each car as it approaches behind you for its speed and trajectory. Anyone approaching too close or too fast is a bad sign and with a mirror you can more easily avoid them.

These are also available on Amazon and I am not in any way affiliated I just think they’re good life saving technology:

https://takealookactive.com/

Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by CobaltFire »

wxw wrote: post #3

So I started biking recently and was hunting for helmets. And turns out Virgina Tech does a bunch of helmet impact testing and maintains a ranking list https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/ . The latest helmets have a releasable layer that absorbs (converts rotational energy?) more impact. This HUD is pretty slick. In a way, it's more preventative (avoiding accidents) vs. reactive (absorbing impact in an accident) safety w…

I've posted that to HN before and it never gets traction. It's too bad; it's an excellent resource.

Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by mmooss »

loeg wrote: post #57
mmooss wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Hair will do the same thing. VA Tech (and others, IIRC) has years of empirical tests that show otherwise. What is your comment based on? Edit: In fact, if I understand your analysis, humans won't get concussions at all.

VA's test dummy doesn't have hair.

That's not a basis for your claim.

Re: Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

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Post by notatoad »

mvkel wrote: post #60

I'm not sure who this is for. It's a time trial style helmet, but isn't very useful for time trialing. And it's not a commuter helmet. And it's not a road riding helmet, as it has no breathability. Is this a defensive patent thing?

it's just a thing to show off in their trade show booth.

maybe there will be some engineer on the project who learns something useful while working on this that can be applied to some actual project, but this is pretty clearly not an actual product that they intend to sell in anything more than single-digit quantities

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