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Helmet - Ideas for the bobblehead for punch-drunk dh'er

mykel

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Apr 19, 2013
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As a few of you know, I have suffered a couple of good concussions in the last couple of years.

I currently have a 2 yr old D3 that has not yet hit the ground with any force. - its still out of the box shiny!!

Was looking at the 6d ATB-1 due to the supposed better ability to absorb concussion level events instead of the traditional catastrophic only...

Upsides are the supposed better protection over a larger range of speed and impact variants.
Downsides are cost, larger size and weight.

Anybody have one?
...or any second, third hand experience of people dropping outa the sky onto their punkin'
All thoughts including mockery for considering looking even more like a bobble-head are welcome.

Thanks be to teh monkeys.
 

mykel

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Anybody have any hands on with the new Leatt DBX 6.0 carbon helmet?

Still planning on rocking the D3, unless something comes up that has better concussion protection AND breathes decently as I run just slightly hotter than the sun.

The 6d is both large ( more rotational energy) and reports are it runs HOT - so it is off the list atm.
 

Harry BarnOwl

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If it helps with peace of mind whilst you find a new one, I can vouch for the D3's concussion proofness. I broke my neck in an over the bars whilst wearing mine and came out of it without concussion. I think they are very safe helmets, as opposed to the D2's which were essentially nicely painted eggshells.
 

Mo(n)arch

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Dec 27, 2010
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For what it's worth - The Fox Rampage has got Mips.

Edit: This whole Mips-hype got me thinking.
With most of the serious competitors in the business implementing it in their helmet lines (Fox, Fly, POC, Giro, Bell, One, Smith, etc...) for skiing, biking and motoing, is it really that much of a benefit? Are their test results from a 3rd party comparing the same helmet with and without the system?

And is the system by 6d and the Mips system basically the same?
 
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