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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: repairs and obsolescence ish
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 23:08:16 -0400
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On 5/6/2025 8:17 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
> Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 5/5/2025 8:33 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>>> Just had my old bike light repaired for £20 which considering its
>>> replacement cost seems more than worth it.
>>>
>>> And I do like that Exposure Lights whose lights are MTB or off road focus
>>> mostly have a we will repair it if you manage to break it!
>>>
>>> Ie it’s not a black box that is disposable.
>>>
>>> Sort of related is Hovding helmet or rather I guess non helmet
>>>
>>> <https://bikerumor.com/hovding-airbag-helmet-brand-deflates-w-bankruptcy-filing-following-overturned-recall/>
>>>
>>> <https://youtu.be/HS9Q6D992M4?si=6uKvsagMPgeCbrBV>
>>>
>>> Which came up on YouTube and Berm Peak, and as Seth says I’ve never thought
>>> about having to charge my Helmet or so on, and with the app now dead much
>>> like some other bikes with app stores that have gone bankrupt your rather
>>> stuffed.
>>
>> Seems like Hovding saw this cartoon:
>> https://sheldonbrown.com/airbag-helmet.html
>> and said "Ooh, what a good idea!!"
>>
> I think it’s the timing aspect as Seth says, ie when helmets became
> mainstream ish, plus modern helmets are lot more comfortable and just
> invisible in use.
> 
> Does seem to have some interesting technology though which hopefully can be
> used, further down the line in some applications.

The technology is sort of interesting, but it's still nothing I'd ever 
consider using, for multiple reasons.

ISTR hearing of incidents in which Hovding owners put their jackets on 
quickly or made other sudden benign moves and had the airbag helmet 
inflate. And I guess when that happens, you buy a new one - which is far 
from cheap!

-- 
- Frank Krygowski