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Was that just from being dropped?weeksy wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:59 amIMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr
Oops.
Wasn't even on my head at the time
I reckon it's been sat on...from a height.Horse wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:10 pmWas that just from being dropped?weeksy wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:59 am
Oops.
Wasn't even on my head at the time
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
Exactly that. I fell on it as I went down.Count Steer wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:17 pmI reckon it's been sat on...from a height.Horse wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:10 pmWas that just from being dropped?weeksy wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:59 am
Oops.
Wasn't even on my head at the time
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
Before or after the beer?weeksy wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:29 pmExactly that. I fell on it as I went down.Count Steer wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:17 pmI reckon it's been sat on...from a height.Horse wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:10 pm
Was that just from being dropped?
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
Eek!weeksy wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:29 pmExactly that. I fell on it as I went down.Count Steer wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:17 pmI reckon it's been sat on...from a height.Horse wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:10 pm
Was that just from being dropped?
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
A quick skim of BS EN 1078 ; "The helmet shall give protection to the forehead, rear, sides, temples and crown of the head"Horse wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:10 pm Was that just from being dropped?
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
Basalt.
I don't think - but don't quote me on it - 22-06 tests chinbar impacts. SHARP doesn't.MrLongbeard wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:20 pmA quick skim of BS EN 1078 ; "The helmet shall give protection to the forehead, rear, sides, temples and crown of the head"Horse wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:10 pm Was that just from being dropped?
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
Nothing obvious in there to deal with 'full face' helmets, if I was a betting man I'd suggest that such 'full face' helmets for push irons are treated much the same as some modular / flip up helmets for motorcycles, in so much as the front is for aesthetics only and does not provide protection, I'd expect the never read instructions to state as much
I try an avoid ECE stuff, but yes 22.06 does have chin bar impact tests, also for flip style helmets position tests, but...Horse wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:02 pm
I don't think - but don't quote me on it - 22-06 tests chinbar impacts. SHARP doesn't.
https://www.rideapart.com/features/6755 ... explained/If the helmet fails, the chin bar will be marked as non-protective. Even with this testing in place, a modular will only be legal to ride with as a full-face helmet according to the new regulations.
And a cold shandy.gremlin wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:22 pm Being as I'm living the bachelor life this week, I thought I'd go all out this evening with a pretty wild night of cooking a chicken and pasta dish, combined with some hardcore ironing.
Oh, yeah.
Currently got a keg of Hasseroder in the Perfect Draft. It's going down very well.
I think they should all come and try La Plagne/Les Arcs/Tignes/3valleysCount Steer wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:42 amWasn't it Morzine that broke Moofo too? Dangerous place.weeksy wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:31 am I may have broken my hand in Morzine
On the way back from the pub.
Way too many beers were had.
. Can’t promise injury free, but apparently the qu’élues are much shorter! 
. Really lovely of them but I just needed ten minutes not having to speak or understand French 
Don't you worry.....Noggin wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:04 pm I started my driving course today
Holy FUCK! I think my brain exploded eleventy billion times, I nearly had a melt down - and that was just listening to the trainer talk about the course and some of the parts of the course!! (There’s not a lot of driving on the Titre Professional course - but I will get the bus licence as well as all the other bits of paper/card!!)
But, there’s 17 of us in the group and once there’s a discussion I’m totally lost as they all talk across each other. And some people talk to each other whilst the trainer is talking, which is not only bloody rude to the trainer, but also means I then can’t keep track of what she’s saying
Stupidly I walked to the boulangerie for lunch with some others when I should have found a quiet corner to chill and give my poor little brain a rest! By the time we had the afternoon break and I did try to do that, a couple of people had noticed me getting a bit lost and came to talk to me. Really lovely of them but I just needed ten minutes not having to speak or understand French
We haven’t even started the actual course yet, today and probably tomorrow are info days
I’ll get a lunch baguette on the way to the school tomorrow and find a quiet corner to chill for an hour!!
But I do so hope my brian man’s the fuck up and starts dealing with this better very soon
I’m trying to persuade a mate to come out drinking with me tomorrow when I get back - then I have Thursday to recover before coming back here for Friday
Oh, and it’s seriously Bastard HOT in Chambèry, it’s currently 30 degrees but was definitely hotter today - I keep being reminded why I live up at 2000m
I often use the Google 'Recorder' app on my phone (a Pixel, so it's native, but presumably available regardless) to record training, interviews, etc - it auto transcribes alongside the recording, which isn't perfect (and may be even more confusing in French?!), but worth a go?Noggin wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:04 pm [...]there’s 17 of us in the group and once there’s a discussion I’m totally lost as they all talk across each other. And some people talk to each other whilst the trainer is talking, which is not only bloody rude to the trainer, but also means I then can’t keep track of what she’s saying
