This is the new POC Gravel Cargo helmet. It will sell like hotcakes, I guarantee it.
It has a fucking velcro patch to stick on patches on the other side. It's fucking stupid, you have a bicycle, strap shit to your bicycle instead of your head. You know why soldiers do this? Because they don't have anywhere else to put it. You do.
Actually the Velcro on top of the helmet is so you can attach cat ears.
I think this is good and bikers should also open carry. It's the only way to get protected bike lanes
e: bikes should be 7 feet tall and have LED headlights that use openCV to aim at rear view mirrors and babies
if you fell off a 7 foot tall bike you would probably be seriously injured and the high centre of gravity would make that very likely
To make it more stable you could add another pair of wheels, and maybe a gas motor to help with the extra weight
Akshually but actually a bicycle is an upside down pendulum as far as balancing is concerned. Tall bikes are easier to balance due to their tallness. Think of the difference between balancing a toothpick and a broomstick on the palm of your hand.
Lot harder to get on and off though.
The cyclists have become militarized
Their thick, meaty legs will kick down the doors of injustice
Tactically ascertaining the bike lane that's the size of a shoe as I narrowly avoid being pulverized by a lifted F-150 with Scott Adams x Kanye 2024 bumper stickers on it.
CRRK Bravo-Delta 5 we have bogeys on our tail, requesting immediate backup CRRK
You know this is going to be used exclusively by people chucking their gravel bikes into their trucks, buzzing every cyclists along the way to their grand epic gravel ride and then doing the same thing on the way back
Yeah i had velcro for patches and reflective cats eyes and glow in the dark tape and flashlights mounted to my helmet years ago. I always got weird looks because apparently having a compact high intensity flashlight strapped to your head for night biking is some kind of weirdo thing.
Yeah but stick to the culture, paint some shit on there with permanent marker, stick a spoke card on it for all I care, just not this pseudo-militaristic bullshit. The only people that get to pull that would be people waging urban insurgency warfare on bicycles
Idk I think it's kinda cool. But not with that military olive green color scheme. You could put your emergency contact information on it for paramedics to see in the event that you're mowed down by a lifted F350 speeding through the bike lane in order to pass a school bus
This is a bicycle helmet, there isn't gonna be anything left of it if you're hit by car. They're neither certified, manufactured nor tested for that scenario
Yeah I’m an alpha MAN cyclist. I have 50 ton trucks trying to run me over but they just crash and die because of LOW TESTOSTERONE
I believe all helmets should be fluorescent dayglow bright ass hi-vis colours.
no, bad, this is the "take a flag with you at the crosswalk so the drivers can see you" approach to safety
Honestly, I'd rather be more visible than less visible for safety, but mostly I just think we need more fun colours, the north american scene seems to have every biker in all black and grey and dull dark mattes and it's just so ugly. Gimme a hot pink helmet so bright it leaves a trail in your vision as I go past.
The velcro is so you can remove your Metal Gear Solid FOX unit patch
so the EMT doesn't think you're a dorkto maintain opsec in the case of an emergency evac.im still unconvinced these bike helmets are much better than a metal world war helmet. this is because i dont understand shock physics
They're genuinely pretty good at what they're designed for, which is saving your from splitting your head open when you fall off your bike at moderate (so like 30kph at most, not bombing down a hill at 80kph) speed.
Anything else, not so much
The good news is, this capitalist "innovation" will be easily copied and by next year every helmet will have it.
Reminds me that my dad drives his bike without a helmet. I really should talk him into getting a helmet. Dont want him to get hurt.
lmao I saw this on my social feeds and thought it was a meme. A few .50mm rounds and a gun mounted to the bars would be kinda sick though
