Originally Posted by
Miele Man
I've read but forget where, that bicycle helmet standards are LOWER now than they were in the 1980s. What really surprised me is just how low bicycle helmet standards actually are. The bicycle helmet industry is far more concerned with sales that it is with actual bicyclists' head protection.
Cheers
Sorry, but that's completely backwards. The standards in the 1980s were very weak, and were replaced by the CPSC standards in the 1990s. Don't know what you read, but don't trust it if it claims nonsense like that. The Snell standards are voluntary, and a little more stringent than the CPSC standards.