My "new" everyday helmet
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:47 pm
I say "new" because it's actually a few months old and has had time to pick up a little character, and by character i mean rust and scratches.
Anyways, I've been a year round commuter on my bicycle for 6 or 7 years now, and in that time I've tried out a bunch of helmets, and hated every last one. opting to instead ride bare headed while my helmets collected dust until i could re-home them.
So couple months back i made myself a new workbench and needed a project to break it in, the bike helmet seemed like a fun one.
I built this over the course of a weekend from 18Ga. mild in an attempt to keep it light. i also figured that since Styrofoam helmets act as an ablative the ability to dent and deform within reason probably wouldn't hurt more than getting hit by a car in the first place.
Although it certainly isn't D.O.T. approved I've got a hunch that it will protect me against skull fractures better and concussions a little worse than a standard Styrofoam helmet. In any case it protects better than my thinning hair ever would
I designed and patterned it out as I went with the intent of combining the lines of a road bike helmet with a BMX helmet. I think i did a pretty good job of that, though it has since been pointed out to me by a number of people on the street that it rather resembles the helmets from planet of the apes.
Since i believe Ugo had a hand in designing them I take that as a compliment.
Anyways, I've been a year round commuter on my bicycle for 6 or 7 years now, and in that time I've tried out a bunch of helmets, and hated every last one. opting to instead ride bare headed while my helmets collected dust until i could re-home them.
So couple months back i made myself a new workbench and needed a project to break it in, the bike helmet seemed like a fun one.
I built this over the course of a weekend from 18Ga. mild in an attempt to keep it light. i also figured that since Styrofoam helmets act as an ablative the ability to dent and deform within reason probably wouldn't hurt more than getting hit by a car in the first place.
Although it certainly isn't D.O.T. approved I've got a hunch that it will protect me against skull fractures better and concussions a little worse than a standard Styrofoam helmet. In any case it protects better than my thinning hair ever would
I designed and patterned it out as I went with the intent of combining the lines of a road bike helmet with a BMX helmet. I think i did a pretty good job of that, though it has since been pointed out to me by a number of people on the street that it rather resembles the helmets from planet of the apes.
Since i believe Ugo had a hand in designing them I take that as a compliment.
