Scott Shire
04-08-2011, 01:25 PM
A great score atmo. One more testimonial for Catlike...
Riding to work yesterday ~8am. Well rested, clear/dry day. Moving pretty damn good, speed-wise. I honestly don't know exactly what happened. The back end came around, I over-corrected (I guess?) and I went down HARD.
My head hit after my hip, but the impact was LOUD. I picked myself up and got on the sidewalk to check everything out. Road rash and bruising on hip, blood from ankle and elbow. The helmet looked like there was a pretty good scratch on the outside. Closer inspection revealed it cracked all the way through. :eek: I'll try to post pix later, but cracks were dispersed over a much larger area than the impact mark on the helmet's shell, leading me to believe that Catlike's CES (crash energy splitter) technology works exactly as advertised.
My hip hurts a bunch, my head not at all. My doctor says I'm not right in the head, but that this mishap has nothing to do with it.
I am convinced it would have been really, really bad without the Catlike. I'll be ordering a new Whisper Plus today -- I wonder if I can still score a free Serotta Cycling Cap? :p
I'm glad to be safe and alive in one piece to ride again today. And my backup Spanish helmet (http://www.spiuk.com/ing/site/producto-ficha.asp?id=461) will do in the meanwhile!
Riding to work yesterday ~8am. Well rested, clear/dry day. Moving pretty damn good, speed-wise. I honestly don't know exactly what happened. The back end came around, I over-corrected (I guess?) and I went down HARD.
My head hit after my hip, but the impact was LOUD. I picked myself up and got on the sidewalk to check everything out. Road rash and bruising on hip, blood from ankle and elbow. The helmet looked like there was a pretty good scratch on the outside. Closer inspection revealed it cracked all the way through. :eek: I'll try to post pix later, but cracks were dispersed over a much larger area than the impact mark on the helmet's shell, leading me to believe that Catlike's CES (crash energy splitter) technology works exactly as advertised.
My hip hurts a bunch, my head not at all. My doctor says I'm not right in the head, but that this mishap has nothing to do with it.
I am convinced it would have been really, really bad without the Catlike. I'll be ordering a new Whisper Plus today -- I wonder if I can still score a free Serotta Cycling Cap? :p
I'm glad to be safe and alive in one piece to ride again today. And my backup Spanish helmet (http://www.spiuk.com/ing/site/producto-ficha.asp?id=461) will do in the meanwhile!