Helmet Lock

[raesewell]

I made a fing the other day, one of these fings. Well actually two fings, one for Melanie.



Now I can't claim it as my own idea coz it's not. I didn't even know what it was when I first saw it.
I had some odds and sods in the garage and a bit of time on my hands.

For the uninitiated this is what it does and where it fits.

[Phmode]

That only shows where it fits. What does it do?

[raesewell]

You stick something through the hole to lock it to the bike or anything else for that matter. Locking carabiner, cable lock, you get the idea.

[Coully]

Plastic ?

[raesewell]

Plastic ?

Sorry, plastic what. It helps to use more than one word in a sentence. If you are asking what it is made from, it's aluminium.

[richtea]

Ah, you don't have double D-rings on your helmet?

In which case I see the point, Rae.

[raesewell]

There are lots of helmets on the market with the ratchet system, I think probably more than with D rings these days.

[richtea]

There are lots of helmets on the market with the ratchet system, I think probably more than with D rings theses days.

Interestingly the FIM specifies double D buckles. But that's possibly not same as the real world:
http://www.frhp.org/user/pages/documents/FRHPhe-01-amended2.3_web_extract.pdf

Page 6:
- a protective lower face cover must be present and must be not detachable or moveable;
- the shell needs to be constructed in one piece (example: without any seam);
- a  retention system with a strap and the double D-ring closing system must be present.

[raesewell]

Yes Rich I know they are specified for racing purposes, but as you say in the real world .......

[Phmode]

I once owned a double D system and rode around with it undone for about a year before I left it in a locker in a service station on the M/A1.

Would never have another, especially as my dexterity is not what it was. A bit like my nostalgia...