ARANTIX-DOC: PRICELESS

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

PRICELESS

So what's the value of the helmet below? PRICELESS!

This morning the wearer of this helmet was brought in by ambulance after he was hit by a car. He had multilple fractures of his face but his brain was OK. HE SURVIVED BECAUSE OF THIS $30 helmet! The patient's son was sitting next to his father holding this helmet as if it was made of gold. But I guess he new it was worth even more.

One of my biggest pet peeves in the ER are injuries sustained because individuals didn't wear helmets. Today was a good day because of someone that did wear a helmet.

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The Bike

The ARANTIX is a hardtail mountain bike with a crazy web frame. The frame is made of carbon fiber in an Isotruss structure. Isotruss is a patented structural design developed through BYU. You can look up the details but the coolest thing about it is that you can see through it and would expect it to crumble. However, A primary selling point to the bike is that it is the strongest carbon fiber frame available. It has no rider limit. It is light with frame weight around 2.75 lbs. With full Shimano XTR setup (they also have SRAM set up options), XTR tubeless tires and Fox F series fork it wieghs in at 22 lbs.