Having to wear a helmet to do a sportive

[Fiona N]

Maybe if gravel rash on your elbows is a regular thing you should consider elbow pads, now if the only place you get gravel rash is on your knee's or elbows you have just lessened your chance of gravel rash by 50%. This is why I choose to wear a helmet, it lessens the chances, in my opinion.

The last time I had gravel rash of the forearm was rolling the Windcheetah spectacularly in Northern California in 2001. Last knee 'gravel rash' ca. 2003 Mallorca (not technically gravel rash as the limestone aggregate was smooth enough to give friction burns), last time I fell off bike under any circumstances was aforementioned feral pedestrian throwing rucksac in 2009, before that it was mtb-ing in 2008 (wearing helmet but head came nowhere near the deck or anything else). Average mileage 12,000km per year, so I'm averaging more than 12,000km for any sort of fall and upwards of 60,000 km for a gravel rash injury. Don't think I'll bother with knee, elbow or head protection at this rate of incidents. I'll leave to those who are less experienced and fall off more often

 

[ufkacbln]

. I'll leave to those who are less experienced and fall off more often

Don't be so ridiculous!

How could you possibly think that experience, skills and a well maintained bike can offer any addition to road safety?

You are not allowed to make reasonable statements like that.

Bad riding with a helmet is the way to go!

 

[Mark_Robson]

18 pages and still no picture of a thudguard? Your slipping Cunobelin ;-)

 

[screenman]

Have we any event organisers on the forum who could give their opinion on this. Fiona N I bow to your superior skills and knowledge, I have on 50 years of cycling in varying conditions, this may explain why I decide to wear a helmet and you do not.

Dress for the accident not the journey.



www.essortment.com/family/bicyclesafetyg_sjwr.htm

Got it! Eureka! Fantastic! guys wear a wig over your helmet or even someone design a helmet that looks like a females long hair, research shows that drivers give more room to women on cycles than men, personally I call that sexist.

 

[MacB]

Dress for the accident not the journey.

Oh, now that's good, it's getting very close to sig material, I bet you had always wear clean underwear in case of an accident, drummed into you as a kid as well

 

[ianrauk]

Have we any event organisers on the forum who could give their opinion on this. Fiona N I bow to your superior skills and knowledge, I have on 50 years of cycling in varying conditions, this may explain why I decide to wear a helmet and you do not.

Dress for the accident not the journey.

And how far into those 50 years did you suddenly decide that wearing a helmet was essential cycling clobber?

 

[screenman]

About 20 and I have a nice big war wound that would not or may not have been there if I had started wearing one earlier. I have nutted the ground a couple of times since and I am convinced they saved my bonce. It is also 36 years since I decided smoking was no good for me also. Now what that has got to do with the price f bread I have no idea, but hey ho.


The hardest thing about learning to ride a bicycle is the road

 

[lukesdad]

Cap for social, helmet for racing(find it helps when I have to nut another rider ).

 

[ianrauk]

About 20 and I have a nice big war wound that would not or may not have been there if I had started wearing one earlier. I have nutted the ground a couple of times since and I am convinced they saved my bonce. It is also 36 years since I decided smoking was no good for me also. Now what that has got to do with the price f bread I have no idea, but hey ho.


The hardest thing about learning to ride a bicycle is the road

Just wondering how long that's all. A simple question. 20 years, wow, that's along time. Was it one of those weird leather things that looked like sausages strapped to your head?

 

[screenman]

Not a lot different from todays helmet, the bunch of banana's were around for a long time and I must admit I wish I had been wearing one when I split my head open, as I honestly feel it would not have been such a bad injury.


My granny started cycling at 97 years old. She has been doing ten miles per day - and now we don't know where the heck she is!

 

[ufkacbln]

And how far into those 50 years did you suddenly decide that wearing a helmet was essential cycling clobber?

..and given that the most frequent head injury 20 % of ALL head injuries are males greater than 65 years (NICE) how soon before you start wearing a helmet full time?

 

[screenman]

Is that last question aimed at me?

Did you hear about the cyclist who used viagra eye drops? They made him look hard!

 

[Crackle]

I presume none of you are riding safety bicycles yet?

 

[screenman]

www.cartoonstock.com/vintage/directory/numbers/1895.asp scan down a few pictures.

 

[Mark_Robson]

www.cartoonstock.com/vintage/directory/numbers/1895.asp scan down a few pictures.

Have you linked to your own HDD?