Helmet Color and Apparent Size?
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From: S'mee on 8 Aug 2010 15:07 On Aug 8, 10:36 am, Polarhound <polarho...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > On 8/7/2010 1:23 PM, Joyce wrote: > > > Has anyone done a study on the affect the color of a helmet has on > > appearance? For example, do white helmets appear smaller than black? > > I'm asking because a lot of helmets on me appear to be bulbous, and I > > want to get a helmet that seems as streamlined as possible. I'm > > looking at open -faced or 3/4 helmets. > > Try this on for size:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0TBZeCgL0E Kind of a shame it isn't snell rated eh?
From: tomorrow on 8 Aug 2010 15:27 On Aug 8, 2:51 am, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 7, 9:32 pm, RosemontCrest <rosemontcr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > You're quick. Actually, I meant to write that darker colors appear > > smaller than lighter colors, so I'm not sure what you mean by black > > being more slimming. > > He's making fun of her attitude that a helmet should primarily be a > fashion statement rather that something that protects your bean. > > > Anyway, you didn't even bother to address Joyce's > > question. > > Um, that's because your choice of helmet color is utterly unimportant > as compared to your choice of helmet: and she's chosen the wrong kind > if she wants to keep that pretty face intact. > > It's her right to do so, of course, but it's also Andrew's right to > poke fun at her for acting like a Playboy-cartoon ditzy broad. No one should ride a motorcycle, the damn things are dangerous. Anyone who chooses to ride one when he or she could get in a car that is infinitely safer is obviously deficient in reasoning capacity. Why on earth do people assume that because someone asks about the color of something, they haven't thought about the other features of the item? Perhaps the questioner already thought abot a half-helmet, a non-D.O.T. beanie, and a full-face helmet and chose the 3/4-helmet as the best choice for them. Maybe all that is left is to decide what color to get, in which case, the color IS important to the purchaser. Sheesh, what a bunch of cats waiting to pounce! I wore my D.O.T. half helmet almost every day riding to work in July, when the average temperatue was 93.1 degrees. Obviously, I have no clue what I'm doing when it comes to riding motorcycles. Or, possibly, I'm aware of the increased risk of wearing the 1/2 helmet compared to one of my three full face helmets, and balanced that against the discomfort of riding home in a full face helmet when it is 103 degrees and 70+% humidity on the way home in the afternoon, and made a conscious decision to accept the added risk, jkust as I did when I chose to ride the motorcycle in the first place, instead of driving my 3/4 ton pickup. Hell, we don't even know that the original poster *has* a pretty face to keep intact. She could be HIDEOUS.
From: tomorrow on 8 Aug 2010 15:30 On Aug 8, 9:41 am, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 8, 6:17 am, CindiK <cindi.k...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Aug 8, 1:51 am, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Aug 7, 9:32 pm, RosemontCrest <rosemontcr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > You're quick. Actually, I meant to write that darker colors appear > > > > smaller than lighter colors, so I'm not sure what you mean by black > > > > being more slimming. > > > > He's making fun of her attitude that a helmet should primarily be a > > > fashion statement rather that something that protects your bean. > > > My pastor is taking the MSF RSS class this weekend. Last weekend he > > asked me where to buy a helmet. > > > He said > > "I'm going to get a half-helmet because I think it will go better with > > my leather jacket tattoo Harley look I want to cultivate" > > > .kajfbg;uidv > > might as well go shopping for a new pastor and a new church. Yep, cause anyone who wears a half-helmet on a motorcycle is going to be killed as a result.
From: tomorrow on 8 Aug 2010 15:31 On Aug 8, 9:39 am, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 7, 10:20 pm, RosemontCrest <rosemontcr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Aug 7, 5:16 pm, "Andrew" <yo...(a)no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > "Joyce" <joyce_dehalfw...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > > >news:e6cd230f-f82d-4e94-b3fb-21a4b792d861(a)i4g2000prf.googlegroups.com.... > > > > > Has anyone done a study on the affect the color of a helmet has on > > > > appearance? For example, do white helmets appear smaller than black? > > > > I'm asking because a lot of helmets on me appear to be bulbous, and I > > > > want to get a helmet that seems as streamlined as possible. I'm > > > > looking at open -faced or 3/4 helmets. > > > > I have done a study on open faced and 3/4 helmets. > > > My conclusions are that I would be dead if I wore one back in 2001. > > > Full face is the only helmet that offers the protection to save your head > > > AND face in the event of catastrophe. > > > Joyce, > > > It's not clear to me how in the world Andrew's reply addresses your > > question, > > It does though, that you aren't groking it show you aren't fully > trained to safely ride. There is no such thing as riding safely, of course.
From: tomorrow on 8 Aug 2010 15:32
On Aug 8, 3:05 pm, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 8, 9:00 am, Doug Payne <dwpa...(a)uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > > > On 07/08/2010 1:23 PM, Joyce wrote: > > > > Has anyone done a study on the affect the color of a helmet has on > > > appearance? For example, do white helmets appear smaller than black? > > > I'm asking because a lot of helmets on me appear to be bulbous, and I > > > want to get a helmet that seems as streamlined as possible. I'm > > > looking at open -faced or 3/4 helmets. > > > Get flat black and you'll be a veritable pin-head. > > Only if it is NOT a full face helmet...anything less is pointless > imnsho. I just bought a front-face-only helmet, because protecting my skull and the back of my head is pointless. But I'll be SOOOOOOO pretty if I smash face first into the pavement! |