Posted by Charles Summers on January 11, 2007, 11:45 am
I have a full face helmet with a flip up front. I've got to wonder how safe
that is? Will it give me adequate protection against a crash or is it just
to keep the wind, bugs, etc outta my face and mouth while riding?
What makes me wonder is the latch. Looks like a couple of plastic connects
to me. What's your thought? I'm thinking of buy a real full face now...
Posted by Steve T on January 11, 2007, 12:21 pm
:I have a full face helmet with a flip up front. I've got to wonder how safe
:that is? Will it give me adequate protection against a crash or is it just
:to keep the wind, bugs, etc outta my face and mouth while riding?
:
:What makes me wonder is the latch. Looks like a couple of plastic connects
:to me. What's your thought? I'm thinking of buy a real full face now...
:
They work quite well. Obviously they aren't quite as good as a
one-piece. You are trading a tiny bit of safety for convenience and
utility. Make your choice.
You could, of course, drive a Hummer with a 7-point harness if you
want maximum safety.
The flip-ups are good. Don't sweat it.
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Posted by P.Roehling on January 11, 2007, 2:26 pm
>I have a full face helmet with a flip up front. I've got to wonder how safe
>that is? Will it give me adequate protection against a crash or is it just
>to keep the wind, bugs, etc outta my face and mouth while riding?
I've yet to see any statistics comparing the safety of flip-up and full-face
helmets, but I've also yet to hear anyone complain that they were hurt
because of their helmet's flip-up factor. Since flip-ups have now been
around for quite a while, this leads me to conclude that either flip-ups
aren't significantly more dangerous than full-face helmets, or that every
time somebody crashes in a flip-up hat, he dies.
The latter seems unlikely. (Although I *do* recall one post from a guy who's
right glove had become stuck in the faceplate release latch just as he
needed to use his front brake... Probably a negative factor there.)
Posted by Stephen! on January 11, 2007, 7:06 pm
> I've yet to see any statistics comparing the safety of flip-up and
> full-face helmets, but I've also yet to hear anyone complain that they
> were hurt because of their helmet's flip-up factor.
Dead men tell no tales... ;)
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Posted by P.Roehling on January 11, 2007, 9:13 pm
> I was first to come upon an accident scene where someone wearing a
> Schuberth had gone down and was injured.
> The flip part was shifted back against his chin and jammed in such a way
> that I could not get the chin part to flip or come off with tools, so I
> could only get to the riders face for rescue breathing if I could remove
> the helmet. The shifted chin part was keeping me from doing so.
> Managed to keep him breathing without removing the helmet for more than
> an hour with the helmet on. It had to be cut off in the end. Wasn't
> going to do that until I absolutely had to.
> This experience has put me off the flip up designs for daily riding as a
> /safety/ device, but the practicality of the design for use in my line
> of work (bicycle race officiating and photography from a motorcycle)
> makes a helmet of this type a compromise worth considering.
Worthwhile input, Mike. Thanks for posting.
Pete
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>that is? Will it give me adequate protection against a crash or is it just
>to keep the wind, bugs, etc outta my face and mouth while riding?