Would you wear/buy a folding helmet?

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  • Will Snow
    Will Snow Posts: 1,154
    err no. iw ouldnt want to compromise structural strength on myhemlemt... just so it was... the same size as a normal hemlet, apparently.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    that's pretty stupid
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  • Mark Alexander
    Mark Alexander Posts: 2,277
    :lol:
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  • Gambatte
    Gambatte Posts: 1,453
    Seems to solve a problem that doesn't exist??
  • cjw
    cjw Posts: 1,889
    Gambatte wrote:
    Seems to solve a problem that doesn't exist??

    And even if the problem did exist, this design knocks a few mm's off the circumference and doesn't seem to save any space.
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  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    Passes EN1078 so therefore performs as well as most helmets, and reaches the level required for UK sale!
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  • marcba
    marcba Posts: 84
    The gain in helmet volume seems very limited compared to classic helmets (and they are not so bulky). I guess that articulations add weight, and surely remove rigidity (even if helmet has fulfiled all required norms). So, I don't see any interest in that folding helmet.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Old Cinelli helmets fold so not really a new idea, just gives better protection.

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  • Belv
    Belv Posts: 866
    No way.

    If you have room to carry a stash, you have room to carry a helmet and (as the article says) the only thing stopping it folding up on a side impact is your head.
  • Massimo
    Massimo Posts: 318
    It's a ugly as sin...
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  • Will Snow
    Will Snow Posts: 1,154
    next up... inflateable helmets to save even more space!!! (may pop on impact...)
    i ride a hardtail
  • karl j
    karl j Posts: 517
    looks a bit like the ones on display at last years Cycle show. Stash - yes, sounds like it too

    the only thing i could think was .... Why ? (and i still can't think of an answer)

    So, to answer the original question, i shant be buying one
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  • richk
    richk Posts: 564
    Seems pretty pointless to me. There's an unlimited amount of space around the outside of my head, which is where my helmet usually resides.
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