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My understanding of MIPS was that it was meant to redirect linear force against the head, such as banging your head against a car in a relatively straight line,
by ramy_d 7y ago
My understanding of MIPS was that it was meant to redirect linear force against the head, such as banging your head against a car in a relatively straight line, into a rotational force that would let the helmet slip off the head and that would reduce the amount of trauma to the skull. I never heard of anything about "brain rotation"
- parsimo2010 7y agoThis explanation of MIPS goes pretty much all-in on it being about rotation: https://www.torpedo7.co.nz/community/help-and-advice/bike/gear-advice-technical-info/3604 https://www.torpedo7.co.nz/community/help-and-advice/bike/ge... Edit if you prefer it directly from the marketing horse’s mouth: https://mipsprotection.com/ https://mipsprotection.com/
- ramy_d 7y agoWhen you have suffered a concussion or an even more serious damage to the brain, rotational motion to the brain is the most likely cause. from the mips protection website, you are correct and i understood it upon first reading as something else
- taneq 7y agoWow, given that they're talking about something that invariably has a significant linear acceleration factor, that's a pretty... confident... way to put it.