TOTAL RUDY PROJECT HELMET SAFETY

FALLS CAN PROVE TO BE VERY COSTLY AND HAVE PERMANENT OR EVEN LETHAL CONSEQUENCES. THE STARTING POINT FOR

THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUDY PROJECT’S HELMETS IS THE ADOPTION OF ONLY HIGHLY-ADVANCED MATERIALS WHICH CAN

ABSORB SHOCKS AND DISSIPATE THE MECHANICAL ENERGY WITHOUT IT BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE HEAD AND BODY.

CPSC / CPSC 12.03

In the United States, The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was tasked by Congress with the development of a U.S. Government standard

for bicycle helmets and began to do so in 1994. After working with an ASTM task group and producing two drafts for public comment, the third and final

draft was approved in February of 1998 and the final version of the standard was published. One interpretation letter has been issued since that time.

The standard covers all helmets produced for the US market after March 10, 1999.

The CPSC 1203 Standard covers helmet construction including field of vision, shock absorbing properties, retention system properties including chin

strap and fastening devices, as well as marking and information.

The standard’s key features are:

• Test anvils: Flat, kerbstone and hemispheric

• Drop apparatus: Guided free fall

• Ambient, Hot, Cold and wet conditioning

• Impact velocity, energy or drop height flat anvil: 2 m

• Impact energy criteria: < 300g

• Roll-off test

• Retention system strength: Force applied dynamically. Helmet supported on headform.

Our bicycle helmets, depending on the design and market of destination, comply with the provisions of Module B of the Regulation

(EU) 2016/425 “Personal Protective Equipment” and with the national standard transposing the harmonized standard(s) EN

1078:2012+A1:2012 “Helmets for pedal cyclists and for users of skateboards and roller skates” for PPE of Class II, or with American

safety standard “CPSC Åò 12.03 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets for Persons Age 5

and Older.”

Check carefully the markers and informations placed on the labels placed on the product and on its packaging to verify the security

standards are fulfilled by the helmet. A copy of the declaration of conformity could be downloaded from the website www.rudyproject.

com/warranties.

All the Rudy Project helmets are tested in the production sites and by the independent certification authorities.

The purpose of a bike helmet is to protect the rider’s head by absorbing the impact energy through the partial, and not always visible,

destruction of the helmet itself, including the compression of the interior EPS foam liner.

To be an effective protection for the head/brain, bike helmets have to meet a number of conditions that test how well they perform

in an impact, including the strength of the retention system and their stability of the on the wearer’s head.

To ensure a uniform standard of safety testing for bicycle helmets, many countries have adopted bike helmet certification standards

with which manufacturers and importers must comply.

All the Rudy Project bicycle helmets, depending on the market of destination, comply with one of the following Standards:

Created in 1997, the EN 1078 Standard was approved in 2012 by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and amended the same year into

the EN 1078:2012+A1:2012 standard for all cycling, skateboarding and roller skating helmets sold in Europe.

The EN 1078 Standard covers helmet construction including field of vision, shock absorbing properties, retention system properties including chin strap

and fastening devices, as well as marking and information.

The standard’s key features are:

•Test anvils: Flat and kerbstone

• Drop apparatus: Guided free fall

• Ambient, Hot, Cold and wet conditioning

• Impact velocity, energy or drop height flat anvil: 5.42–5.52 m/s

• Impact energy criteria: < 250g

• Roll-off test

• Retention system strength: Force applied dynamically. Helmet supported on headform.

Currently, nearly each research group active within helmet safety has its own definition of helmet safety.

An official Standard that allows measuring and quantifying oblique impact and combines the insight of the different experts would

provide a more objective framework of about helmets safety.

On this purpose, CEN (THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION), through the Technical Committee TC 158 which is

dedicated to the head protection and the eight Working