Has your helmet saved your life poll

[Licramite]

As my wife said "those people who think you shouldn't wear a helmet need a good bang on the head to knock some sense into them"

That is so true - I wonder how many of the nay sayers have ever smacked their heads on the ground from a bike fall ? - not just come off , but actually hit their head.

 

[green1]

As my wife said "those people who think you shouldn't wear a helmet need a good bang on the head to knock some sense into them"

That is so true - I wonder how many of the nay sayers have ever smacked their heads on the ground from a bike fall ? - not just come off , but actually hit their head.

If you want to wear a helmet fine, I have no problem with that, but don't tell me I have to wear one. If your wife said that to me I'd tell her to STFU and mind her own business. I'd then ask her why she didn't wear a helmet every time she stood up (my gran has been in hospital twice recently after fainting and banging her head on the way down) or got in a car.

 

[ianrauk]

I wonder how many of the nay sayers have ever smacked their heads on the ground from a bike fall ? - not just come off , but actually hit their head.

Me. a couple of times.
Couple of bumps, cuts and bruises, yeah it hurt... so what's your point?

 

[StuartG]

That is so true - I wonder how many of the nay sayers have ever smacked their heads on the ground from a bike fall ? - not just come off , but actually hit their head.

Me. Your point being?

 

[theclaud]

As my wife said "those people who think you shouldn't wear a helmet need a good bang on the head to knock some sense into them"

That is so true - I wonder how many of the nay sayers have ever smacked their heads on the ground from a bike fall ? - not just come off , but actually hit their head.

I drank six pints of Jaipur IPA the other day and cycled home in the rain. Or at least, I must have done, because my bike and I were at home and my clothes were wet. I woke up to find I had had a knock on the head, but couldn't remember how I'd done it. I might have fallen off my bike, or I might have just walked into a door. Or so I imagined until now. Now I have read this, am worried that your wife might have come round and clobbered me with something to teach me a lesson. Would you mind asking her where she was on Sunday at about 11:30pm?

 

[benb]

As my wife said "those people who think you shouldn't wear a helmet need a good bang on the head to knock some sense into them"

That is so true - I wonder how many of the nay sayers have ever smacked their heads on the ground from a bike fall ? - not just come off , but actually hit their head.

Yes, well, it's this kind of emotional blackmail ignorant bullshit that really winds me up.

 

[Licramite]

Me. a couple of times.
Couple of bumps, cuts and bruises, yeah it hurt... so what's your point?

and it didn't make you think , oh that could have been nasty , would have been less painful If I had a helmet on at the time?

 

[ianrauk]

and it didn't make you think , oh that could have been nasty , would have been less painful If I had a helmet on at the time?

Nope.
Should I have done?

It did make me wish I had some sort of chest protector as I cracked a rib and a wrist protector as I sprained one of those.

 

[Licramite]

Yes, well, it's this kind of emotional blackmail ignorant bulls*** that really winds me up.

take a chill pill son. - it was just a simple question , if you can't handle a question like , have you ever hit your had from falling from a bike ? If you have did it make you think a helmet might be a good idea ?
I would take a good look at your state of mind.

may I suggest your reading to much into the question , theres no suggestion of compulsion, no saying your good or bad. - just
People who decry helmets - have they ever experienced a head /road/bicycle incident.
and if they have, why didn't it influence there thoughts about wearing a helmet ?

thats it. - so please calm down and stay away from *-' buttons.

 

[StuartG]

and it didn't make you think , oh that could have been nasty , would have been less painful If I had a helmet on at the time?

Aha, are you avoiding me?

Last time it happened it was because a fellow cyclist went down on a dirt track right in front of me. I went down too in what appeared to be an identical fall, (same speed, same surface, same direction). I did sustain a cut lip which took all of 5 mins to dry up. This was, admittedly more than my colleague who was wearing a helmet who oblivious of my only slightly damaged condition was declaring that the helmet had saved him. Especially as it was broken in the impact.

Two small problems there. As it was broken in the light impact it had failed to protect its user properly. At best it might possibly have saved him from a cut lip too. Secondly it cost him £50 or so to replace (yep he is a cheapskate). I had to wash out a hanky.

OK its an anecdote and proves nothing in itself. Except it is unsurprising given the lack of evidence they do much good. Frankly this guy does come off quite often. He would probably do a lot better on spending that £50 on some decent training ... that's my risk assessment. Flawed or sound?

 

[green1]

People who decry helmets - have they ever experienced a head /road/bicycle incident.

Your posting on a cycling forum, where I'd guess most if not all initially learned to ride a bike before the aged of 10. I'd surmise the chances of them not having had a 'head/road/bicycle incident' in the intervening years would get you decent odds down the bookies.

 

[Licramite]

Nope.
Should I have done?

It did make me wish I had some sort of chest protector as I cracked a rib and a wrist protector as I sprained one of those.

If you cracked a rib you probably didn't notice the head to much, I cracked a rib not to long ago and it wasn't till much later that night I realised what a mess my hip was in.

I've found the worse pain cancels out the others at the time.

we should wear far more protection than we do, I got a handlebar in the ribs on the weekend , could have been just as lethal as a bang on the head. -
but hell whats life without risks.

 

[Licramite]

Have you ever had a head injury as a pedestrian?

have you ever had a head injury as a parachutist ?

this is a cycling forum , please go on the pedestrian forum.

 

[theclaud]

have you ever had a head injury as a parachutist ?

this is a cycling forum , please go on the pedestrian forum.

This one can be pedestrian at times...

 

[StuartG]

This one can be pedestrian at times...

I've had one as a pedestrian caused by bl**dy cyclists. Wanna hear about it?