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How To Pick A Safer Helmet - According To Science - Pinkbike
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https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/bicycle-helmet-ratings.html
Edit: Oh, haha, I posted that before following the article link. This is the source of their data
There are very few helmets with chin guards on that list. I struggled to find some for my kids. Bicycle safety culture is so weird, it’s obvious some face protection is needed but it’s not fashionable.
Dentists have to eat somehow I guess.
In the PinkBike video, they mentioned that the full-face helmets didn’t perform as well in at least the rotational impact tests due to their higher mass and moment of angular momentum.
I think it always ends up being a bit of a trade-off, depending on the types of riding and impacts expected. In a low-speed impact to the side of the head a regular bicycle helmet will often do better than a big heavy motorcycle one. Obviously the opposite is true for a motorcycle crash at 80 km/h.