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While all the posts before mine were decrying the usefulness of this design I want to make a different point. This shows what can be done when you really do th

While all the posts before mine were decrying the usefulness of this design I want to make a different point. This shows what can be done when you really do think outside the box and stop letting convention dictate what can be accomplished. This concept makes my heart swell at how awesome inclusion can be. This isn't about Snell, this isn't about being AS GOOD AS a full-face helmet. It's about being better then a cotton(?) fabric turban. It's about respecting a persons choice of religion. I ride. I curse at the organ donors who wear skull-caps, or the teens wearing shorts & t-shirts; and hope I am wrong and they stay lucky. But I support this. Things can only get better from here. This is an improvement. This is embracing what's different and trying to make a difference.

taneq 5y ago
> It's about being better then a cotton(?) fabric turban. It's about respecting a persons choice of religion. Exactly. This is no different to kevlar jeans - they're nowhere near as good as racing leathers, but they're a damn sight better than regular pants while still being something you can wear all day.
ruytlm 5y ago
I am happy to support this as well, though I would hope that the criticism would be taken as constructive and used to improve the design so that it can be both inclusive and safer than this initial concept.
pseudo0 5y ago
> This isn't about Snell, this isn't about being AS GOOD AS a full-face helmet. It's about being better then a cotton(?) fabric turban. It's about respecting a persons choice of religion. My understanding was that the religious obligation for Sikhs was to keep their hair covered. Does this necessarily require a cloth turban? This seems like a case where Sikhs could take a page out of Orthodox Jews' book and do some creative interpretation of what defines a turban, rather than try to turn a turban into an inferior helmet.
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taneq 5y ago

> It's about being better then a cotton(?) fabric turban. It's about respecting a persons choice of religion. Exactly. This is no different to kevlar jeans - they're nowhere near as good as racing leathers, but they're a damn sight better than regular pants while still being something you can wear all day.

ruytlm 5y ago

I am happy to support this as well, though I would hope that the criticism would be taken as constructive and used to improve the design so that it can be both inclusive and safer than this initial concept.

pseudo0 5y ago

> This isn't about Snell, this isn't about being AS GOOD AS a full-face helmet. It's about being better then a cotton(?) fabric turban. It's about respecting a persons choice of religion. My understanding was that the religious obligation for Sikhs was to keep their hair covered. Does this necessarily require a cloth turban? This seems like a case where Sikhs could take a page out of Orthodox Jews' book and do some creative interpretation of what defines a turban, rather than try to turn a turban into an inferior helmet.

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