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How Hövding works - The invisible helmet for bicyclists

Hmm.

8:45 PM Aug 14 2012

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ifindkarmatroutgirlfredtan1

It's not that invisible. I can still see it!

I need to watch the video again.

10:59 AM Aug 15 2012

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Ottway

Only when deployed. I spent at least 15 minutes from Joyce's thread trying to verify that this is, indeed, a real project. The story of the women behind it is inspiring.

6:15 AM Aug 15 2012

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ifindkarma

Thanks for mentioning the story of the women behind it.

So where can we buy them?

10:57 AM Aug 15 2012

You can buy it online at that site!

11:05 AM Aug 15 2012

Ok, don't think I'm an idiot, but I didn't recognize what they're selling as the invisible helmet because the airbags are undeployed. Now I see it.

Plus I had to Google how much 3998 SEK is:

3998 Swedish kronor = 597.5531 US dollars

$600 for a helmet?!

Mother of God.

11:19 AM Aug 15 2012

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Ottway

OK but besides, you know, the fact that it SAVES YOUR LIFE... don't forget that an "ordinary" but cute bike helmet is not that cheap. A Yakkay is 109 Euro = $135.

11:31 AM Aug 15 2012

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ifindkarma

I agree. Expensive but seems its also for those interested in safety and high fashion. Maybe groupon or Fab will run an 80%-off special?

3:06 PM Aug 15 2012

Too bad flash sale sites like Groupon and Fab are unsearchable.

Who has time to read them every day?

5:29 PM Aug 15 2012

Increasingly less and less people. You say bug, they say feature. TomAto. TOmato.

5:42 PM Aug 15 2012

So they purposefully did not add search? That's just bad business, in my humble opinion.

11:34 PM Aug 15 2012

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Ottway

Lets watch that in slow mo...

Invisible Helmet gif

5:41 PM Oct 20 2012

That's honestly a graphic that would give me nightmares as a cyclist, lol! Something else will break.

7:26 PM Oct 20 2012

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ifindkarma

I'm beginning to see cycling as a very dangerous sport.

8:58 PM Oct 20 2012

It is. I actually don't very much like riding my bike for commute; so many unintended consequences. I like riding my bike ...just to ride it. And on back/country roads.

Bicyclist meet 2000 lb. car and driver at 45 mph while texting and driving.

This doesn't end well! :)

Lance used to talk about in Texas getting ran off the road he had to have his mom -- in the early days -- (I believe) drive behind him to protect him.I don't think I'll ever be completely comfortable having to ride my bike with traffic behind me. One errant driver and the dream ends badly.

9:39 PM Oct 20 2012

Like the idea, but -

"ultra-strong nylon fabric that won't rip when scraped against asphalt"

My crash last year, which left me with a broken neck, was on a gravel path. (Stevens Creek Trail) Seems to me that the rocks would simply puncture the material; it's a different impact than being scraped along asphalt.

9:45 PM Aug 15 2012

I was wondering about that, too.

Not to mention crashes on grass.

11:35 PM Aug 15 2012

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