Do you wear a helmet?

[Green Tea]

Helmets are for wimps.

 

[usedtobefast]

Helmets are for wimps.

and, wimps are for helmets.

 

[Green Tea]

and, wimps are for helmets.

Wimp..........

 

[Valentino]

Last time I checked it's optional here in Norway, but compulsory in races. I always wear one.

The helmet probably saved me from becoming a veggie (at least) 13 years ago whwn I hit the deck back of my head first at 50 km/h.

 

[JA.Tri]

Started with a V1 Pro (as per triathlon regs), then several friends were injured (1 fatal), in low speed collisions, where a helmet would probably have helped.

So since then, always (well have taken off, realized I had a bare head and returned for helmet ).

 

[STODRR]

There are actually studies that support your statement. Drivers supposedly think that riders wearing helmets are more capable than those that do not, and hence they feel comfortable in getting closer to helmeted riders. I don't have the references on hand, but they are available.

I have never heard of that. However I feel the same way about the people in the US who wear that "3 ft it it the law" shirt. Talk about just asking people to try and get close.

 

[Notso Swift]

I have heard that, I believe it was a UK study, but it may have just been referenced, I have also heard if you are kitted up the distance will be less again.

 

[123driving]

I live in the UK where you legally have to wear a helmet. When I went on holiday to a place where no helmet was required I felt naked. Once you are used to wearing a helmet it's not a problem. As for hearing and vision, I have never found it an issue.

 

[Hmmmmm]

I live in the UK where you legally have to wear a helmet. When I went on holiday to a place where no helmet was required I felt naked. Once you are used to wearing a helmet it's not a problem. As for hearing and vision, I have never found it an issue.

As for hearing and vision when I wear my helmet, I have never found either to be diminished. Personally, if either was an issue due to wearing a helmet I would chalk it up to not being the right helmet for me

Though I wear a helmet I do believe in freedom of choice first and foremost!

 

[motofeast]

Yes I always wear a helmet.

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Engine and Transmission:
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Bore x stroke: 106.0 x 67.9 mm
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Final drive: Chain
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[Maxiton]

helmets have saved me more than once. they are optional in california, but not
for me. better safe, than sorry.

Same here. Saved me from death or paralysis at least twice now.

 

[durianrider]

Do I wear a helmet? Wouldnt be alive today perhaps on a few occasions if I didnt.

Ive got mates that just clip the straps up on the back of the helmet so they look 'cool'. Bloody idiots!

I get a new helmet every 2 years just so its a peak condition if I have a spill.

Worst crash Ive had was at 5km an hour and hit an oil patch. Totally slammed my head on the tarmac and burst my giro pneumo like a melon on rundle st.

Ive cycle all over the world and always wore a helmet, I dont need a law to enforce what is common sense to me.

 

[Polyarmour]

Though I wear a helmet I do believe in freedom of choice first and foremost!

Freedom of choice can only be extended to those who pay their hospital bills in full. The moment you expect the public the pick up the tab you lose that right.

 

[TopCarbon]

I feel naked without it.

 

[Barrus]

I have heard that, I believe it was a UK study, but it may have just been referenced, I have also heard if you are kitted up the distance will be less again.

To my knowledge it was a Dutch study and it also found out that if you are a male you have a larger chance of accidents, as cars ride closer to you than if you are a female. As a male with a helmet they ride the closest out of all possible combinations

 

[lanternrouge]

I live in the UK where you legally have to wear a helmet. When I went on holiday to a place where no helmet was required I felt naked. Once you are used to wearing a helmet it's not a problem. As for hearing and vision, I have never found it an issue.

? You do not have to wear a helmet in the UK. I often don't and I see a lot of riders out there with no helmet, usually the old boys they seem to never wear one.

 

[redtreviso]

I wear a helmet so I won't need it. If you have a helmet on you won't hit that invisible bottle cap going around a corner and bounce your head off the curb.

 

[MikeyHebble]

I wear a helmet, I currently have a Giro Exodus and to be honest it's not too much hotter then not wearing one! An extra bit of sweat is worth possibly saving your life right??

Coming from an XC racing background I always used to race with one and even 5 years ago they were hot and horrid!

If there is one thing that the death of Liam Neeson's wife can tell us (Albeit Skiing) is that it only take a minor knock on the noggin and its GAME OVER!!

Trianing in the Welsh mountains on my own or with the group, helmet all the way for me!

 

[Chuffy]

No helmet here, thanks for asking.

To be honest, given the sheer volume of 'my helmet saved my life' type comments that crop up on every helmet thread, I'm amazed that any of us made it into the last decade...

Interesting article by John 'Cyclecraft' Franklin which explains some of the issues. Apologies if it's already been cited (no, I haven't ploughed through all 200+ posts).

It frustrates me that people are happy to simplify the question of helmets to a ridiculous level (eg 'wear one and you are safe and responsible' vs 'if you don't wear one you are a stupid maniac and will surely die'). The bigger issue is that the constant emphasis on the peril of cycling has a detrimental effect on the number of people riding. If you insist that people must wear PPE to do an activity then less people will choose to do it. Less people on the road leads to more dangerous conditions (though driver error) than a whole bunch of people not wearing magic hats.

 

[123driving]

Of course it is important to wear the right sort of helmet as well.

An additional value to wearing a crash helmet is that it gives great weather protection that is streamlined and comfortable. Far better a fitted visor than goggles or sunglasses when riding in the rain. The visor's smooth surface will help with shedding rain as you ride into it therefore giving you much better visibility and therefore greater safety in inclement conditions.

 

[Wallace]

No helmet here, thanks for asking.

To be honest, given the sheer volume of 'my helmet saved my life' type comments that crop up on every helmet thread, I'm amazed that any of us made it into the last decade...

Interesting article by John 'Cyclecraft' Franklin which explains some of the issues. Apologies if it's already been cited (no, I haven't ploughed through all 200+ posts).

It frustrates me that people are happy to simplify the question of helmets to a ridiculous level (eg 'wear one and you are safe and responsible' vs 'if you don't wear one you are a stupid maniac and will surely die'). The bigger issue is that the constant emphasis on the peril of cycling has a detrimental effect on the number of people riding. If you insist that people must wear PPE to do an activity then less people will choose to do it. Less people on the road leads to more dangerous conditions (though driver error) than a whole bunch of people not wearing magic hats.

Someone once asked Flannery O'Connor if writing workshops discourage writers, and her answer was "not enough." In the Seattle area--and in CA and OR and WI where I lived before I moved here--you go out on a nice day and the roads are polluted with cyclists. It's the whole 'cycling is the new golf' thing. And they all have helmets. In this country at least, your issue is a non-issue.

 

[bobs nob]

I wear one on my road bike, but not on my 'upright/commuter/urban' bike. On the upright, I doubt I have ever gone 20 mph (ok, maybe once). Mostly I wear the helmet to avoid harassment by roadie helmet nazis. But I must say when riding near traffic, I don't trust 'dem cagers.

 

[Wallace]

I wear one on my road bike, but not on my 'upright/commuter/urban' bike. On the upright, I doubt I have ever gone 20 mph (ok, maybe once). Mostly I wear the helmet to avoid harassment by roadie helmet nazis. But I must say when riding near traffic, I don't trust 'dem cagers.

I was once caught by the "roadie helmet nazis." [Edited by Mod - ]

That's why I wear a helmet. Why take that chance?

 

[Black Dog]

I wear one on my road bike, but not on my 'upright/commuter/urban' bike. On the upright, I doubt I have ever gone 20 mph (ok, maybe once). Mostly I wear the helmet to avoid harassment by roadie helmet nazis. But I must say when riding near traffic, I don't trust 'dem cagers.

The head injury comes from the distance from the head to the road. The speed of the rider adds little to the impact force. The higher your head is off the ground the harder the impact.

I carry forged ID and travel papers to fool the Nazis.

 

[Archibald]

Of course it is important to wear the right sort of helmet as well.

An additional value to wearing a crash helmet is that it gives great weather protection that is streamlined and comfortable. Far better a fitted visor than goggles or sunglasses when riding in the rain. The visor's smooth surface will help with shedding rain as you ride into it therefore giving you much better visibility and therefore greater safety in inclement conditions.

you wouldn't be the guy in the full motocross helmet with visor that goes hairing up Kensington High Rd of a morning? resplendant in office shirt and tracksuit pants, flying through every red light possible?