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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail 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 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: <vveir1$ftt1$3@dont-email.me> References: <m7rpgeFsq0kU1@mid.individual.net> <vvbdfg$1cl75$4@dont-email.me> <m7vn46FhgomU1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: frkrygow@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 05:08:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0ad42ab9ebcd5ed7282d1f6ca8a29014"; logging-data="522145"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Cl8z/xKieGSsjgAHhaJU0H/7133HR8ew=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:u8vbyheSaHGanTLJgVKZNRwMs9M= In-Reply-To: <m7vn46FhgomU1@mid.individual.net> Content-Language: en-US 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