Elizabethsdad wrote:Mounting stuff on helmets is going to be discussed at the BPCC AGM next month - cameras and lights - due to safety concerns in the event of a head impact. Would be interesting to know if there have been any cases where someone has sustained a head injury because of an extra lump on their helmet. I will confess to having a helmet light myself as a secondary light to the main lights on the bike.
I'm not so worried about the light breaking up the helmet, I reckon in a bad crash it would break up itself - BUT that is still significant as having sharp pieces of broken plastic about my face while crashing isn't an appealing prospect. With that in mind I might mount it a bit higher.
I SOOO wish I'd found this a year ago! Not that messing about with LEDs wasn't a load of fun, but I've got plenty else to do! The only thing I miss about the "integrated" system was that it didn't stick out so could go unnoticed when locking the helmet with the bike, but this is easily removable so I have to keep it with me and carry it around. Maybe the next step is to design "quick-release" clips for it... (a tinkerer... MOI???)
(And I only made one of those up!)