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Not that it takes anything away from your experience but... I rolled over some construction equipment once and if I'd been wearing the seatbelt I wouldn't have had the time to escape being crushed along with the seat.
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Not that it takes anything away from your experience but... I rolled over some construction equipment once and if I'd been wearing the seatbelt I wouldn't have had the time to escape being crushed along with the seat.
Ming the Merciless
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That’s because they don’t feel the need. They just get back up and carry on as they were.
mjr
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People who fall off are much less likely to whack their head if they don't make it bigger and heavier by strapping a weight to it. They're also less likely to catch their head on things as they ride by, more able to hear clearly and have none of their field of vision obscured.
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Slick
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Yes, I'm sure he was, but no real details about what exactly happened.
lazybloke
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I didn't wear a helmet on my 65 mile ride last weekend, nor on short ad hoc utility rides, nor even when commuting in parts of London (the cycle lanes can be that good). The rest of the time I often do wear a helmet - not because I'm under any misguided notion that a layer of polystyrene will ward off a significant impact but because it will lessen the pain and grazing associated with a light impact.
I wear gloves for the same reason.
The anti-helmet brigade are weird. Will they tell me to stop wearing gloves next? Or shoes? Or sunblock? Or any of those other things that gives us a small measure of protection?
I wear gloves for the same reason.
The anti-helmet brigade are weird. Will they tell me to stop wearing gloves next? Or shoes? Or sunblock? Or any of those other things that gives us a small measure of protection?
You're wearing it wrong!
I've never met any anti-helmet brigade. I have met many anti-compulsion though.
matticus
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What do you think of the helmet compulsion brigade?
(there are plenty of them, including amongst regular cyclists ...)
mjr
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Indeed. Do we think the head impact has harmed his reasoning, or was he always an irrational daffodil? 😉
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Electric_Andy
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I'm not sure where all the negativity towards GR comes from. He's not my favourite TV personality but he does what he does quite well. A bit like Clarkson, he has maintained his shouty persona and probably exaggerated it for the cameras, but in other programmes he comes across as an ok guy. I'm surprised he didn't take more verbal swings at the driver of the car, but for all we know GR could have been at fault. Perhaps if this had happened to Jeremy Vine it would have been a different story. Maybe some people just accept getting knocked off as an every day risk if you cycle, which certainly isn't sending out the right message
Ming the Merciless
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matticus
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There is an arched underpass on my nearest Sustrans route - if you don't like traffic then this route is a no-brainer for getting out of town.
There is only room to stand up straight across about half the path/track. I once got a bit blasé and caught my head on the roof. Bit of a shock, but no real harm...
Now if you'd added a couple of cm to my head-size with a helmet, I doubt I'd have stayed upright. Probably a load of other minor injuries (including possible banging my head on the railing, even a drowning risk!). And quite possibly would have hit it hard enough for a concussion.
(My other two head impacts as an adult were caused by drivers. A lifetime of riding on many surfaces.)
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