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Do you wear a helmet on your commute?
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mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
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- Egremont, Cumbria
... and you are both starting to sound like a scratched CD
Oh! Is it time to draw the curtains and lock the door on this one yet?
Boris Bajic
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Confess now! My wife told you to type that so I'd point the arden wall and paint the weather wall.
I can't believe you're all in this together!
Don't forget those trees need pruning and the hedge could do with tidying up too.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
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- Plymouth
I wear a helmet even on my short commute (4 miles each way). Something happened a few months ago which made me think about helmet use. For some strange reason, one morning I decided to ride the bike out of the garage, rather than walk it out like I normall do. I suddenly felt a "SMACK" and for a split second couldn't work out what it was. Then I realised I had smacked my head on the steel lintel that holds the garage up. If I wasn't wearing my helmet I'm sure I would have opened up my head.
Now, I'm not suggesting that there are lots of garage doors on everyone's commute, but my point is that we never know what's going to hit us - be it a bird, a stone or a piece of ice falling from a plane.
Now, I'm not suggesting that there are lots of garage doors on everyone's commute, but my point is that we never know what's going to hit us - be it a bird, a stone or a piece of ice falling from a plane.
So based on that, you should also wear one when walking.
Dan_h
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- Reading, UK
Oddly I have started putting my helmet on (when I wear one) after taking the bike out of the garage and taking it off before I put the bike away. The reason is that I have never hit my head getting the bike in and out of the garage without a helmet on, but have hit the top of my helmet on the garage door a few times. In this instance all I am doing is trashing my helmet and not protecting my head. I think the reason this happens is because the helmet is a couple of inches higher than my head and I cannot judge where it comes to very easily as I cant see it above my head!
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
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- Plymouth
Yes I suppose I should. I'd wear one of those WW2 bike helmets
Crosstrailer
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and the always are ahead............
..or are they. Always wearing a helmet is in fact lower than those choosing not to wear one always......
Only 46%, so a minority
The Brewer
Shed Dweller
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- Wrexham
You know when you sit in a car and don't feel right without the belt on, well I get the same thing without a lid on.....plus it exaggerates my pin head 
Crosstrailer
Well-Known Member
48 always
15 sometimes
40 never
Sorry, you can't claim the sometimes
a minority is still a lead..........
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