Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Topic started by: Cudzoziemiec on 08 January, 2019, 03:18:29 pm
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Road.cc is reporting a "wearable air bag" (https://road.cc/content/news/254269-videos-award-winning-bsafe-airbag-cycle-vest-showcased-ces) for cyclists. My initial reaction was on the lines of "OMFG" followed by disappointment that the inflation wasn't more dramatic (I've seen a Hovding inflatable helmet thing accidentally triggered), but then I noticed a comment that it could be useful "if you crash into a body of water." So... ;)
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That dummy wasn't wearing a h*lm*t.
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Like most cycling safety devices, this fails to protect the left elbow in a crash (103.7% of cycling injuries involve the left elbow, after all). Looks like just the thing for taking the canal route home from the Country Girl, though.
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Doesn't this do the rounds every few years? Then the wind goes out of it...
Looking at the video, he needs protection from the tailgating scaffold lorry behind him.
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...103.7% of cycling injuries involve the left elbow, after all...
Indeed. And I have a 52 year old scar to prove it. :)
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Seems to be as crazy as this offering that's supposed to be coming from Halfrods -
https://www.bikebiz.com/business/halfords-to-sell-worlds-first-connected-smart-bike-with-amazon-alexa
Rob
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...103.7% of cycling injuries involve the left elbow, after all...
Indeed. And I have a 52 year old scar to prove it. :)
Weird, this assertion of Kim's. I also have a left elbow (recumbent) scar, but only about 4 years old.....
ED: Ah, but, thinking about it, if we rode on the wrong side of the road, would it be a right elbow phenomenon?
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And I'm currently suffering from left elbow pain whilst recovering
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...103.7% of cycling injuries involve the left elbow, after all...
Indeed. And I have a 52 year old scar to prove it. :)
Weird, this assertion of Kim's. I also have a left elbow (recumbent) scar, but only about 4 years old.....
ED: Ah, but, thinking about it, if we rode on the wrong side of the road, would it be a right elbow phenomenon?
I have one of the left as well but that was from off road riding - but I'm obviously conditioned to ride on the left
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...103.7% of cycling injuries involve the left elbow, after all...
Indeed. And I have a 52 year old scar to prove it. :)
Weird, this assertion of Kim's. I also have a left elbow (recumbent) scar, but only about 4 years old.....
ED: Ah, but, thinking about it, if we rode on the wrong side of the road, would it be a right elbow phenomenon?
I believe it is a ‘statistic’.
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...103.7% of cycling injuries involve the left elbow, after all...
Indeed. And I have a 52 year old scar to prove it. :)
Weird, this assertion of Kim's. I also have a left elbow (recumbent) scar, but only about 4 years old.....
ED: Ah, but, thinking about it, if we rode on the wrong side of the road, would it be a right elbow phenomenon?
I believe it is a ‘statistic’.
But anecdotal data is supporting it. :demon:
My left elbow has pins in it from a cycling accident though that was because of a broken right toe clip, a pothole and a resulting right foot - spoke - forks interaction.
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Both my elbows have the texture of sandpaper after departing from bikes at odd angles.
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Weird, this assertion of Kim's. I also have a left elbow (recumbent) scar, but only about 4 years old.....
I've got one of those. It helps conceal the various left elbow (MTB) scars that were there before it.
ED: Ah, but, thinking about it, if we rode on the wrong side of the road, would it be a right elbow phenomenon?
I think so. Although my right elbow isn't entirely unscathed.
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I don't think either of my elbows has ever been injured when cycling.
I've had grazed palms and knees, as well as what I think was a bleed into my left trochanteric bursa...
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I made a spectacular mess of my left hand in a crash; much ripping of skin, and lots of blood. Fortunately, no broken bones. Being left handed meant that I was off work for a couple of weeks.
Many years later I dislocated my left shoulder. That was the square root of no fun.
I suppose that my left elbow is the median joint...
I'll get my coat.
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Anyone else noted a deafening silence from the direction of Llandysmal...?
What?
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Anyone else noted a deafening silence from the direction of Llandysmal...?
What?
i had, but I’m too much of a gentleman to point it out. ;D
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Anyone else noted a deafening silence from the direction of Llandysmal...?
Ah. Me.
Sorry, I recently confused a reference to a Torquay hotel owner to myself. I decided not to assume in future.
Anyway. No canals around here, mate. And the Teifi doesn't have a riverside path.
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And the Teifi doesn't have a riverside path.
Is that because the path is now extra river?
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Doesn't this do the rounds every few years?
Yes, it’s on rotation with indicators.
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Doesn't this do the rounds every few years?
Yes, it’s on rotation with indicators.
Indicators are more useful!
(Actually, I should do a review-by-proxy (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=110753.0)...)
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The obvious next step is for indicators incorporated into an airbag-vest. :hand: