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From: [email protected] (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Subject: Re: Observation re: helmets
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
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Reply-To: [email protected]
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In article [email protected], [email protected] (Norman Hamer) writes:
>
> The question for the day is re: passenger helmets, if you don't know for
>certain who's gonna ride with you (like say you meet them at a .... church
>meeting, yeah, that's the ticket)... What are some guidelines? Should I just
>pick up another shoei in my size to have a backup helmet (XL), or should I
>maybe get an inexpensive one of a smaller size to accomodate my likely
>passenger?
If your primary concern is protecting the passenger in the event of a
crash, have him or her fitted for a helmet that is their size. If your
primary concern is complying with stupid helmet laws, carry a real big
spare (you can put a big or small head in a big helmet, but not in a
small one).
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Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
[email protected] |and I showed him a picture of you. I said,
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(The Grateful Dead) --> |It seemed like the least I could do...