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Conference noted::bicycle

Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

216.0. "VETTA helmet meets crash standards?" by GLASS::LAI (Chak Lai, DTN456-5604) Thu Feb 19 1987 11:28

    I have a VETTA helmet.  It is an older model that is no longer carried
    in stores or catalogs.  It looks like the BELL Tour Lite helmet.
    
    Can anyone tell me if this model of VETTA meets the ANSI or SNELLING
    crash standards?  (I am worried because I don't know the reasons
    that VETTA changed to a newer model.)
    
    The helmet has not been involved in an accident.  I just don't feel
    like buying a new one if I don't need to.
    
    Thanks for the advice.
    
    Chak Lai
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216.1Just look inside the shellKIRK::JOHNSONNotes is an expert systemThu Feb 19 1987 14:364
    Helmets that meet the standards should have a sticker or an
    impress somewhere stating the fact.
    
    MATT
216.2No stickerGLASS::LAIChak Lai, DTN456-5604Thu Feb 19 1987 14:544
    There is no sticker on this one.  I wonder if the model came out
    before the stickers became available.
    
    Chak
216.3They'd let you know...GLIVET::DOYLEJD DoyleThu Feb 19 1987 16:203
    I doubt it.  The testers would require it be put on there, would
    the company like the exposure.  Ansi or Snell Certification isn't
    something you hide.  
216.4No sticker, still OKSUPER::CONNELLThu Feb 19 1987 16:595
    There are some helmets that are identical to certified helmets,
    but the helmet was manufactured before the big certification
    thing.  So, these have no sticker...
    
    
216.5Check the construction...COLORS::WASSERJohn A. WasserFri Feb 20 1987 18:029
	Until a couple of years ago, few if any helmets were "certified"... 
	although many would meet todays standards if tested.

	If the helmet has a hard plastic shell, an expanded polystyrene
	foam liner (about 3/4" thick should do) and a strong chin strap,
	it would probably meet both the ANSI and SNELL certification
	requirements. 

				-John A. Wasser