7% chance to have your face ripped open, do you consider it to be likely enough to take it into consideration when buying a helmet? If you had a 7% chance to crash every time you ride would you continue riding?

[-] Nougat@fedia.io -2 points 1 month ago

Now you're just being stupid on purpose.

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

That's your very best-case scenario, with a $600 helmet, in controlled impacts. Once you start looking at real-world crashes, those numbers start going up significantly, especially because you don't hit the ground once. If you hit the ground at speed, you bounce, and you roll.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago

Once you start looking at real-world crashes, those numbers start going up significantly,

Source?

this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2024

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