Has your helmet saved your life poll

[ufkacbln]

yep absolutely - I shall berry it with full military honours (actually I might turn it into a hanging basket)

Again smoother rounder helmets with fewer vents will perform better as hanging baskets..........

 

[matthat]

My Helmet has saved me from severe concussion when i rode under a branch I did severely headbutt tree and it Bl@@dy hurt even with helmet on!! Helmet was changed and upgraded very soon afterwards.

 

[avalon]

It's never saved my life but it's saved me from a fine a few times.

 

[G3CWI]

my helmet died from shock - I don't remember hitting the ground with my head and it still broke !

Had exactly the same experience a few weeks ago. I will definitely be wearing a (new) helmet all the time.

 

[Louch]

Last weekend I went head first into ground and my helmet tookm the brunt, and @Harry_Palmer79 certainly came off lucky on a80kph off due to his

 

[Harry_Palmer79]

Last weekend I went head first into ground and my helmet tookm the brunt, and @Harry_Palmer79 certainly came off lucky on a 80kph off due to his

I certainly was... Also, If I had hit the road instead of the ditch when I came off I dread to think what state my head/face would be in!

 

[Louch]

I certainly was... Also, If I had hit the road instead of the ditch when I came off I dread to think what state my head/face would be in!

I certainly was... Also, If I had hit the road instead of the ditch when I came off I dread to think what state my head/face would be in!

and thanks to your helmet, your ok, and we will have you back cycling sooner than later

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Always amuses me greatly this thread "has a helmet saved your life poll"
I'm actually absolutely in shock at the number of deceased who have contributed to this thread and stated "no a helmet did not save my life, hence why I'm deceased"
I would have thought the number would be higher, although statistics prove that one someone has experienced rigormortis they seem to stop using the internet, strange side effect but apparently true.

 

[madferret]

Always amuses me greatly this thread "has a helmet saved your life poll"
I'm actually absolutely in shock at the number of deceased who have contributed to this thread and stated "no a helmet did not save my life, hence why I'm deceased"
I would have thought the number would be higher, although statistics prove that one someone has experienced rigormortis they seem to stop using the internet, strange side effect but apparently true.

Going off some of the posts that I have read in the cafe, I don't think it stops some.......

 

[lay]

I've used and worn a helmet since year dot in my cycling 'emporiums' lol from a THICK lidded polystyrene job to an ultra light version.

I own 3 - getting a replacement for the Limar i cracked for £50...

I KNOW THEY WORK - due to the fact i've crashed twice and crawled off the road instead of being scooped off the tarmac - thats over a period of 25yrs.

You are a fool to not wear a helmet.

I think you are !"£$%^& *$%^head to not wear one.

 

[JoeyB]

I wore it once, it gave me neck ache.

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I have had a few accidents without wearing a helmet and a few with one as well. I have only had to be scooped off the road once and I was wearing a helmet that time, so by the law of averages I am safer on the roads without a helmet.

 

[TheDoctor]

I've never had a crash where a helmet would have helped. Unless I'd been wearing it on my shoulder, which isn't usual IIRC.

 

[Edwardoka]

i've crashed twice and crawled off the road instead of being scooped off the tarmac - thats over a period of 25yrs.

You've only crashed twice in 25 years? You're either doing something right or every other cyclist I've ever met or know is doing something very wrong. What's your secret?

I KNOW THEY WORK

I've had way more than two crashes, haven't had a crash whilst wearing a helmet, yet I don't appear to be dead.
Curses, contradictory anecdotal evidence!

[Edited because what I had written made me sound like a tryhard]

 

[mickle]

I've used and worn a helmet since year dot in my cycling 'emporiums' lol from a THICK lidded polystyrene job to an ultra light version.

I own 3 - getting a replacement for the Limar i cracked for £50...

I KNOW THEY WORK - due to the fact i've crashed twice and crawled off the road instead of being scooped off the tarmac - thats over a period of 25yrs.

You are a fool to not wear a helmet.

I think you are !"£$%^& *$%^head to not wear one.

Who you calling a fool? Fool.
You haven't had the common courtesy to read the counter arguments to helmet use. But you're happy to wade in with your tiresome anecdotes and start name calling. fark you and fark your stupid helmets.