Marketing is amazing. It is used to squeeze as much money as possible from my wallet, using as many psychological tricks as they can. In my humble opinion, MIPS is marketing bullshirt'. From the brief research I have done and the scalp injuries I have seen as a Paramedic, I have come to see MIPs as snake oil. The 'slippage' or movement that the helmets market, is very small, usually just a few millimeters.
Try this: Take all ten fingers and grab your scalp with your finger tips. Without letting your fingers slip on your skin, move your scalp around. I can move mine at least a couple of centimeters, in all directions. Your scalp is a MIPS. It even uses lube (blood and interstitial fluid). The helmet will slide a little on the surface of your scalp too, especially if you have hair. Now that I have dumped on MIPS, I have to say that I am glad the helmet manufacturers are finally making attempts to make helmets safer, instead of just new colors and over stylized designs every year. Purely on a safety basis, I think the hardshell skater type helmets are a better solution, as they don't stick but slide. No protruding vent edges, wings, etc. to get stuck on whatever you hit. I have yet to find one that checks all my boxes however, as most are a little heavy, and hot. Currently I am using a Giro Aspect and a Giro Reverb for road and town riding. They have a roundish shape with no protruding "streamlining wings". Giro helmets fit my head shape well. I tried on my sons Troy Lee Designs A1 helmet and was in love with the comfort and quality. If I bought a new helmet, would I buy MIPS? Maybe. The prices on some helmets are getting ridiculous. How can a bicycle helmet cost almost three hundred dollars? Clayton (Bend) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
