Comments on: 08/08/2010 – Setting An Example http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/ Sun, 19 May 2013 12:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jediphobic http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11327 Jediphobic Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:01:03 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11327 The fact that your helmet cracked means it didn't do it's job.  A helmet will protect you only if the foam actually compresses as it's supposed to.  If it cracks, then, at best, you only got partial protection.   It seems like most of the time helmets don't actually do their jobs.  I've seen many many annecdotes from helmet users saying "the helmet saved my life".  But then they mention the helmet cracking and I have to explain that no, it didn't. The fact that your helmet cracked means it didn’t do it’s job.  A helmet will protect you only if the foam actually compresses as it’s supposed to.  If it cracks, then, at best, you only got partial protection.   It seems like most of the time helmets don’t actually do their jobs.  I’ve seen many many annecdotes from helmet users saying “the helmet saved my life”.  But then they mention the helmet cracking and I have to explain that no, it didn’t.

]]> By: Eyeroller http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11388 Eyeroller Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:16:18 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11388 There in the states, you never could figure out the whole spelling lark. ;) (I had some hilarious arguments, lasting for several miles, when I took a road-trip with an American friend. Only once did she manage to trump my "It's our language, I win." argument - using some very sound logic that today I've still not figured my way around. I will, but not yet. Ass = four legged animal. Arse = backside. There in the states, you never could figure out the whole spelling lark. ;)
(I had some hilarious arguments, lasting for several miles, when I took a road-trip with an American friend. Only once did she manage to trump my “It’s our language, I win.” argument – using some very sound logic that today I’ve still not figured my way around. I will, but not yet.

Ass = four legged animal.
Arse = backside.

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11352 Tencon Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:49:33 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11352 <span>Have you tried Vee-Brakes yet? Much more powerful than the tiny calipers on the Brompton. My colleague has a Brompton or most race/fixies and found it almost impossible to stop one day at the seaside last year after freewheeling down a steep path. He thought he was going for swim! Together we adjusted the mechanical advantage of his brakes but he still felt they are weak and nowhere-near as strong as Vee. I bought a Trek ATB that had been donated and stopping at lights, the back wheel lifted up at around 5mph one day! Taught me to respect them...</span> Have you tried Vee-Brakes yet? Much more powerful than the tiny calipers on the Brompton. My colleague has a Brompton or most race/fixies and found it almost impossible to stop one day at the seaside last year after freewheeling down a steep path. He thought he was going for swim! Together we adjusted the mechanical advantage of his brakes but he still felt they are weak and nowhere-near as strong as Vee. I bought a Trek ATB that had been donated and stopping at lights, the back wheel lifted up at around 5mph one day! Taught me to respect them…

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11384 Tencon Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:38:28 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11384 If the spokes 'ping' the wheel needs rebuilding! See Jobst Brand... If the spokes ‘ping’ the wheel needs rebuilding! See Jobst Brand…

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11387 Tencon Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:36:49 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11387 In England the 'r' version is colloqial rather than 'correct' - Ass is normal and the R version is also more of an Irish affectation. In England the ‘r’ version is colloqial rather than ‘correct’ – Ass is normal and the R version is also more of an Irish affectation.

]]> By: Unabiker http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11310 Unabiker Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:21:12 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11310 We, our goal was to create a SNELL approved helmet. Also we wanted something that exceeded the ANSI approval. Giro was marketing foam helmets that had a weakness in breaking to bits under certain conditions. This nasty behavior left the rider helmetless (more or less) after the initial impact and therefore vulnerable to secondary impacts. The hardshell offered greater structural integrity with minimal weight. The penetration WAS part of the pre-B90 standard.  We also wanted somethingthat exceeeded standards so that our insurance costs would be lower. Insurance costs are very large fixed cost. Less insurance costs = greater profit margins and also the potential for lower prices to the dealer and ultimately to the consumer. We, our goal was to create a SNELL approved helmet. Also we wanted something that exceeded the ANSI approval. Giro was marketing foam helmets that had a weakness in breaking to bits under certain conditions. This nasty behavior left the rider helmetless (more or less) after the initial impact and therefore vulnerable to secondary impacts. The hardshell offered greater structural integrity with minimal weight. The penetration WAS part of the pre-B90 standard.  We also wanted somethingthat exceeeded standards so that our insurance costs would be lower. Insurance costs are very large fixed cost. Less insurance costs = greater profit margins and also the potential for lower prices to the dealer and ultimately to the consumer.

]]> By: weefoldingbike http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11309 weefoldingbike Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:18:48 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11309 And serious head injuries are more likely if you wear a helmet. Working in the area means you should really have known that there was no spike test. Why did you claim that there was? And serious head injuries are more likely if you wear a helmet.

Working in the area means you should really have known that there was no spike test. Why did you claim that there was?

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11326 Tencon Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:50:38 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11326 <span>Please don't assume I am attacking you Mongo! I am just discussing car use via bike use - for interest/fun.  I too am guilty of going to the shop in the car after getting home from a long drive and finding low supplies - too knacked to ride and the car was still hot so off I went.  My house is near the top of a hill, if I push-off from my drive, the momentum almost takes me to the shop - might, if not for traffic/lights etc. Getting home isn't far so the bike/foot is the usual way to shop but, like you, after a 60+hr week, the effort of having to go for milk etc seems worse than it is. It takes a real effort sometimes, mentally, to do the simplest things, so I do understand. I was just discussing the pro and cons of bike vs car.</span> Please don’t assume I am attacking you Mongo! I am just discussing car use via bike use – for interest/fun. 
I too am guilty of going to the shop in the car after getting home from a long drive and finding low supplies – too knacked to ride and the car was still hot so off I went. 
My house is near the top of a hill, if I push-off from my drive, the momentum almost takes me to the shop – might, if not for traffic/lights etc. Getting home isn’t far so the bike/foot is the usual way to shop but, like you, after a 60+hr week, the effort of having to go for milk etc seems worse than it is. It takes a real effort sometimes, mentally, to do the simplest things, so I do understand. I was just discussing the pro and cons of bike vs car.

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11325 Tencon Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:39:52 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11325 Yes Please ;-)) Yes Please ;-) )

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20100808/#comment-11298 Tencon Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:35:41 +0000 http://localhost/kickstandcomics/08082010/#comment-11298 <span>Thanks for the replies. The link was very encouraging also.   Mostly I was of the assumption that unless you add extra torque (with an 'aero' tail for example) the helmet would reflect the wearer's head shape and not be turned/turn the head as the reduced leverage would not be enough to do that.   Any force great enough to cause rotational injury will, I guess, have a similar effect with or without a lid?   Generally, as I am uninjured after two m/c crashes when the fibreglass lid took a beating but left me un scratched, I trust 'kit-mark' lids but still cycle as if I am unprotected. It is stupid to trust in safety gear - PRIMARY safety means not having an incident at all, so I try to ride as if I am going to be killed by any road user that can kill me. By making it hard to impossible to hit me, I have only had one incident with a driver while on a bike, in 1979. My (main) road curves to the right and a road joins from (straight ahead) the left with double lines to mark a 'STOP' point.  She WAS stationary so I trusted her - wrong choice... She began to move off and she saw me being lifted in the air by her bonnet. No injury but a bent bike and she paid.</span> Thanks for the replies. The link was very encouraging also.  
Mostly I was of the assumption that unless you add extra torque (with an ‘aero’ tail for example) the helmet would reflect the wearer’s head shape and not be turned/turn the head as the reduced leverage would not be enough to do that.  
Any force great enough to cause rotational injury will, I guess, have a similar effect with or without a lid?  
Generally, as I am uninjured after two m/c crashes when the fibreglass lid took a beating but left me un scratched, I trust ‘kit-mark’ lids but still cycle as if I am unprotected. It is stupid to trust in safety gear – PRIMARY safety means not having an incident at all, so I try to ride as if I am going to be killed by any road user that can kill me. By making it hard to impossible to hit me, I have only had one incident with a driver while on a bike, in 1979. My (main) road curves to the right and a road joins from (straight ahead) the left with double lines to mark a ‘STOP’ point.  She WAS stationary so I trusted her – wrong choice… She began to move off and she saw me being lifted in the air by her bonnet. No injury but a bent bike and she paid.

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