Ebike helmet

[Hewholaughslast]

Still have not owned my Ebike for two weeks, yet, and have logged 42 miles. I do not yet own a helmet so I looked at a lot of bike helmets. Too many to choose from and I am wondering if price has very much to do with rating the helmet as "better" than something cheaper. My top speed is about 25 MPH down one big hill but the rest of the time I maintain a pace of about 10 MPH since I don't use the electric motor most of the time. Worth investing in a helmet or not?

 

[MrHyak]

Its really up to what you want. No helmet, that's cool. Accidents happen so quick you just never know if you will ever need one til the time comes. For choosing a helmet I went with style and comfort as I really don't think the 'safety' to be much different from one to the next since most bicycle accidents are low speed. This is the company I went with, I liked their style. https://explorethousand.com/

 

[Chargeride]

It seems rather obvious to me without an ounce of specific knowledge...
That bike helmets are a shell and polystyrene and they dont at first glance seem to offer cushioning to prevent brain injury from impact and rattling inside the skull.
They would certainly protect against skull fracture.
If you fall off and smack your head on the floor hard enough to knock you out I just dont see any cushioning from all that I have seen to reduce this
They are just so hard, I actually feel construction site helmets offer more.
My mate has knocked himself out twice and without any deformity of the helmet shell or internal polystyrene to show it had absorbed the impact forces.
Obviously they work, I just feel theres a a lot of room for advancement to make them absorb the forces better.

So what Im saying is we should be wearing two foot across foam balls on our heads

 

[Stefan Mikes]

"Whoever wears no helmet, he has nothing worthy protecting".

 

[gromike]

I recently bought a full-face motorcycle helmet, and it is one serious head case. You put it on and you are imprisoned in the thing. I guess you need that in high speed head falls.
I would not like that in a bike helmet, but then again I come from a time before bicycle helmets.

I remember talking to a woman in a bar just after I came off a bike, and had separated a collarbone, breaking a wrist, and cracking a few ribs. She said I should of just landed on my head, because that's what helmets are for.
I wasn't persuaded by her advice, and have avoided any head plants so far. At my age, landing on my head, helmet or not, would be a very, very bad thing.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Accidents happen so quick you just never know if you will ever need one til the time comes.

Watch this. The man had ridden for 700 km (435 mi) mostly on gravel and singletrack to finish his adventure abruptly on wet asphalt last Friday.

The statements from the survivors (including myself) are "If no helmet, we wouldn't be talking right now".

 

[Base]

this is also an interesting development

RLS - Release Layer System

RLS, or Release Layer System, is our patented technology that makes helmets safer by enabling the shell to roll and release upon impact, significantly dissipating rotational forces that can cause life changing brain injuries. We're protecting what makes you you.

www.releaselayer.com

 

[Biplaneguy]

this is also an interesting development

RLS - Release Layer System

RLS, or Release Layer System, is our patented technology that makes helmets safer by enabling the shell to roll and release upon impact, significantly dissipating rotational forces that can cause life changing brain injuries. We're protecting what makes you you.

www.releaselayer.com

How does this differ from MIPS, which has been available for a while? Looks like just a different way to accomplish the same thing.

 

[Base]

Mips still keeps rotation of the head, while this system releases the skin of the hlemet so that the forces flow away in that manner and no rotation of the helmet/head is observed

 

[DaveMatthews]

I use a Smith Engage and am very happy with it.

 

[Hewholaughslast]

Okay. After many comments I'm going right out and buy the same helmet that the Indianapolis Colts (and many younger footballers) are using to prevent TBI. A mere $760.00 for protection of what we have upstairs, that we call the brain. Then again, I might activate/connect my genius brain pathways after a significant blow to my cranium? But then I might invent the latest and greatest weapon of mass destruction? Ha! To be honest with you, the football helmets have the technology that needs to be implemented into all "crash helmets" or safety helmets IMO.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I would start with buying a good e-bike.

 

[Chargeride]

clearly apperance is a major factor, no company is going to make a profit bringing out a super safe but ridiculous looking helmet.

This is where 'influencers' step in.

Sam Pilgrim and his peers have been a major force in getting kids wearing helmets by mixing sponsorship and ridiculing the idea of not wearing one.

Im seeing his helmets getting even more robust and padded, this helmet would have been laughed off the trails ten years ago and now its seen as something to aspire to wear.

 

[Biplaneguy]

Okay. After many comments I'm going right out and buy the same helmet that the Indianapolis Colts (and many younger footballers) are using to prevent TBI.

 

[Chargeride]

keep the motor runnin..

 

[Hewholaughslast]

I would start with buying a good e-bike.

What is a good ebike from the perspective of a grape?

 

[Stefan Mikes]

What is a good ebike from the perspective of a grape?

Certainly not something that is sold at the price of scrap metal.
User @fxrairhead is not happy with his beautiful Yamaha Crosscore RC because he cannot assume the proper riding position on the e-bike because of his health issue. What a waste! Perhaps he could sell the e-bike to you at a steal price?

Regarding the bike helmet: Any bike helmet that is MIPS and around $100 performs its role perfectly. In 2023, I was riding at some 19 mph and spilled on a speed bump. I hit the curb with the side of my helmeted head. Got a mild concussion and the Styrofoam inside the helmet cracked instead of my skull. Wearing a helmet is not an option; it is a lifesaver.

 

[Hewholaughslast]

I can understand his riding position plight. That's why I bought a "cruiser" so I can sit up straighter and I just rotated the handlebar stem/post 180 degrees so the handlebars are about 10cm closer to me which allows me to sit up even straighter. Most old farts need something that allows them to sit up straight. I have a friend who bought a custom bicycle that allows him to recline in the boomerang shaped seat with his legs parallel with the ground because he had an accident on a racing type bike when he went over the handlebars and cracked two vertebra.

 

[6zfshdb]

You can always do what these folks did and get a trike. I particularly like the helmets, although I doubt they're MIPS rated.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I can understand his riding position plight. That's why I bought a "cruiser" so I can sit up straighter and I just rotated the handlebar stem/post 180 degrees so the handlebars are about 10cm closer to me which allows me to sit up even straighter. Most old farts need something that allows them to sit up straight. I have a friend who bought a custom bicycle that allows him to recline in the boomerang shaped seat with his legs parallel with the ground because he had an accident on a racing type bike when he went over the handlebars and cracked two vertebra.

Then all your weight rests on your bum.