January 3, 2012
Scrambling into the New Year
New Year’s Day has been the beginning of the calendar year dating back to 1751, and before that, to the day when baby Jesus was circumcised. In western culture, it’s a day of hangovers, laying in bed and eating way too much, knowing full well the guilty will compensate with gym time and a new found healthy lifestyle. However, while most are still sleeping happily in their cozy beds, I'm freezi...
03 January 2012
News
Icon x Dietmar Otte
Need a demonstration as to why full-face helmets are a good idea? The numerical illustration created by Dietmar Otte, based on a research study he did on motorcycle safety, has always worked pretty damn well. Otte found that only about .4 percent of impacts occurred to the top of the head — the area covered by open-faces — while around 40 percent are face plants. But why paint Otte’s numbers...
03 January 2012