Bicycle Helmet Design and Construction
Summary: This page has info on bicycle helmet design and construction.
- How Helmets Work
- Basics on construction and testing standards
- How bicycle helmets are made
- A summary of manufacturing steps
- Bicycle helmet impact liners
- EPS, EPP, EPU, cardboard, pulp, paper, Koroyd, mycelium and other types of liners.
- In-molded (molded-in-the-shell) helmets
- It can make better helmets, but not necessarily.
- Buckles
- Most are one basic design, but there are others.
- Sliding resistance and MIPS
- Rounder helmets help you slide on impact
- Helmet Cooling
- Info on ventilation and cooler riding.
- Air bag headgear again - Stanford research
- But some airbags do not inflate enough.
- Helmet Designers
- Our short list of independent helmet designers.
- Trek/Bontrager models with WaveCel
- Trek says they provide more protection against concussion.
Back to the Home Page