Do you wear a helmet on your commute?

[Peter Armstrong]

Well, what do you want then?

I want an excuse from the blue headed man himself, and to be like me is cool, everyone knows helmets are cool anyway.

Edit: he has six now sorry

 

[4F]

I like that Drago.

How about one of these? Take your pick and I will use the one us you choose in future Helmet discussions
1: I don't want to look like a mushroom head
2: I don't want to look taller (strange but true)
3: I would rather spend money on titanium bolts & other bling for my bikes rather then a helmet
4: Helmet's smell funny
5: They look silly (see #1)
6: I don't MTB or TT

You missed one 7. Helmets are not cool.

 

[ianrauk]

You missed one 7. Helmets are not cool.

Drat...

 

[ianrauk]

I want an excuse from the blue headed man himself, and to be like me is cool, everyone knows helmets are cool anyway.

Edit: he has six now sorry

Not yet I haven't. I'm waiting for someone to pick an excuse for me.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

But id also like to say

1: I want to look like a mushroom head
2: I want to look taller
3: I would rather spend money a helmet for my bikes rather then a titanium bolts & other bling
4: Helmet's smell nice
5: They look cool (see #1)
6: I don't MTB or TT either

 

[4F]

@ Peter Armstrong / Cycling Dan . How many times has a helmet saved your lives ?

 

[avalon]

I wear one because the government here tell me to and not being wealthy enough to pay regular fines i find myself conforming.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I have an opinion on helmets if anyone's interested?

 

[Peter Armstrong]

@ Peter Armstrong / Cycling Dan . How many times has a helmet saved your lives ?

3 times, once I came off on a 40mph decent and hit a rock, another time someone dropped a plant pot out of a window, and another time when my head bonced off a car that hit me, god save the helmet!

Looking cool and being safe and alive is great!

 

[fossyant]

Only one.

Must be at least two.

 

[fossyant]

I have an opinion on helmets if anyone's interested?

No !

 

[fossyant]

Just wear a helmet and stop making crap excuse's not too. Also where would I put my new helmet cam with no helmet?

Ah but now you've introduced something to the helmet that can cause more problems should you land on it. I suppose with a cam stuck out of your skull (dalek style) you wouldn't need a helmet

 

[Drago]

I like that Drago.

How about one of these? Take your pick and I will use the one us you choose in future Helmet discussions
1: I don't want to look like a mushroom head
2: I don't want to look taller (strange but true)
3: I would rather spend money on titanium bolts & other bling for my bikes rather then a helmet
4: Helmet's smell funny
5: They look silly (see #1)
6: I don't MTB or TT

I think you should go with 4. I rinse mine out every few weeks, but they smell like a sumos jockstrap after w while. If there's ever an outbreak of Ebola in the UK it'll probably be spread single handed by my bonce potties!

 

[4F]

3 times, once I came off on a 40mph decent and hit a rock, another time someone dropped a plant pot out of a window, and another time when my head bonced off a car that hit me, god save the helmet!

Looking cool and being safe and alive is great!

A helmet has not saved my life on more than 5 ocassions however none of those involved falling foliage.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

Ah but now you've introduced something to the helmet that can cause more problems should you land on it. I suppose with a cam stuck out of your skull (dalek style) you wouldn't need a helmet

Yeah but iv already cut a camera shaped hole out of my head to accommodate this eventuality, who looks stupid now!