snorri
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Can you explain the reasoning leading to this conclusion?I would say that helmet while on the road is extremely important but it isn't a big deal if you are on a bike path/trail.
Can you explain the reasoning leading to this conclusion?I would say that helmet while on the road is extremely important but it isn't a big deal if you are on a bike path/trail.
I would say that helmet while on the road is extremely important but it isn't a big deal if you are on a bike path/trail.
Please help,
I'm going well with the training but really can't get on with wearing a helmet. I know, I know I'm leaving myself wide open for ridicule here but are there any other riders that enjoy the fresh air on their spud?
I feel guilty that I don't wear one but I just feel claustraphobic and it seems to make the ride more of an effort???
Do I have any support?
Robbiep
Thanks for your input guys, I'm plucking up the courage to show the wife your response!
I am training for the end to end in Sept, would this change your advice?
Funny, I'm of the opposite choice, I always wear my helmet when offroad on the trails and hardly ever on the road.
I feel the speeds and types of impact offroad, fall more inline with the testing criteria for helmets, whereas higher speeds and greater impact potential (force, not risk) fall 'way' outside a helmet's capabilities.
By trails I meant paved paths specifically for biking not offroad trails.
Cycle helmets -
Invented by the industry to solve a problem that never existed in the first place and embraced enthusiastically by every safety do-gooder in the world with too much time on their hands.
Amen.
I actually think the government could play a stronger leadership role in this area by providing simple, easy to access statistics to help individuals make better informed choices.
I would say that helmet while on the road is extremely important but it isn't a big deal if you are on a bike path/trail.
They did this in the US
The results are quite mazing.
More children under 16 die of gunshot wounds than head injuries - so sod the helmets - get a bulletproof vest!
Surely if you think it is important you would wear one all the time ? You quote is a bit like owning a helmet and then hanging it from your handlebars
I'll be honoured 4F, feel free.Nice quote, tempted to use that as my signature line if you have no objections
They did this in the US
The results are quite amazing.
More children under 16 die of gunshot wounds than head injuries
Taking 2006 as an example because I can get the facts
1,593 children under the age of 17 were killed by firearms (2.16 per 100,000 population) compared to 138 killed in accidents involving cycles (0.19 per 100,000 population)
So children are 11 times more likely to be shot than die on their bicycle!
Yet this carnage is not discussed, debated or even raises an eyebrow......... surely laws enforcing bullet proof armour should be the order of the day rather than cycle helmets?