Re: RC: Why different helmets for different sports?

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/14/00 11:51:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
Eenergonzillen@aol.com writes:

<< I have used a bike helmet to ride horses before.  Someone once told me 
that a 
 bike helmet should work fine because they are designed for bikers who are 
 usually riding on pavement...so they should work fine for horse riders who 
 usually are on some kind of dirt.  
 It seems to me that bike helmets would work for horse riding.  They seem to 
 be a bit more aerodynamic than regular horse helmets.  That is really the 
 only difference I see. >>

Nope, the first poster that replied on this topic is right--there can be 
different trajectories, speeds, and heights of falls, as well as trauma from 
hooves with horses (not a problem with bikes), etc.  So the designs ARE 
different.  But I'd rather see someone in a bike helmet on a horse than in no 
helmet at all.

Heidi