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Hello,
Christmas is around the corner, and I was wondering if you guys could point me to a good entry level helmet I could ask for for Christmas and possibly a good vendor to buy from. -'Chung |
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rich herzog ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None ![]() |
QUOTE(scooter311 @ Nov 19 2004, 05:59 AM) Full face helmets are best in all cases - hard to eat a cheeseburger with a straw exactly why they're -not- best in ALL cases. this is the current firestorm in SCCA and i expect it will flow down and out to everyone else in time, hopefuly in time to influence buying decisions for the coming season... SCCA Airbag Advisory Document the salient portion is: " In a crash with airbag deployment, contact with the chin area of a full-face helmet can be so powerful ‘that the risk of fractures to the jaw cannot be ruled out. " i don't expect to be tracking the Subarus, even in an AX but ya never know - there's not a lot of competition in the 3000-lb AWD station wagon classes ... this issue probably doesn't affect most of us with "vintage" competition cars but i know we have many instructors among us who are called upon to drive and right-seat airbag cars, and for those times, an open-face helmet may prove to be the best thing. once again, we see that stuff put in our cars to save us from ourselves is actually more dangerous than the conditions we are to be saved from ... |
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