Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award
by zeroxfe on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:16PM
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> Who are these people that think a helmet is impractical to carry?
People that use shared city-bikes irregularly (like me.) I don't always go out expecting to use a bike, but life isn't always predictable (subways busted, cabs not available, unanticipated change of plans, etc.)
> I rode a bike for 2 years in downtown Toronto, wearing a helmet the entire time, and never once did I think that the helmet was inconvenient. You carry it up to your office and leave it on your desk. Or you turn it upside down and it's an adhoc shopping basket. Or you clip it to your backpack. Or you loop it through your bike lock.
Good for you for not finding it inconvenient. That doesn't mean that other's also don't.
Re:Paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award
by SippinLean on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:08PM
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In a suitcase? The woman says she wanted a helmet while traveling.
I rode a bike for 2 years in downtown Toronto, wearing a helmet the entire time, and never once did I think that the helmet was inconvenient. You carry it up to your office and leave it on your desk. Or you turn it upside down and it's an adhoc shopping basket. Or you clip it to your backpack. Or you loop it through your bike lock.
There are a million ways to answer the "inconvenience" problem that don't involve wearing a pseudo-helmet.