Helmet Watch

[srw]

Mod note: as some of you have realised, this thread is wandering very, very close to a helmet debate, and hence to being locked or merged with the main thread. I've removed a few posts from this page that were discussing head injuries, although I haven't gone back pages to remove others.

If you want to continue discussing how many people wear helmets, please try a little harder to avoid discussing whether or not they do any good!

Any chance you could move, rather than just delete some of the posts? The conversation was getting interesting.

 

[Spinney]

Any chance you could move, rather than just delete some of the posts? The conversation was getting interesting.

To where - the main helmet debate?
I think the system interlinks merged posts according to when they were posted, so it may not make much sense if I do that.
If the others whose posts were deleted agree, I could quote them all in one new post in there, which might make more sense.
They were @Racing roadkill, @mjray, @Cunobelin and @doog. Easiest way might be for one of you to start a conversation including the others to let me know, rather than cluttering up this thread further.

 

[ianrauk]

9 riders for the Cycle Chat Sunday London ride.
1 helmet only.

 

[Markymark]

I'm now further south in the Costa del Dosh and huge number of roadies and every single one is wearing a helmet. Very few utility cyclists but it's probably 50:50

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Only me and another no helmet on yesterday's social ride along the canal, 13 riders in total.
When it got warmer and I took my beanie off, somebody asked me if I forgot my helmet at the last stop

 

[ufkacbln]

9 riders for the Cycle Chat Sunday London ride.
1 helmet only.

@Fab Foodie shares his hip flask on rides

Did you follow his selfless example and share the helmet

 

[mjr]

Picture in https://www.cyclechat.net/posts/4431709 makes London CS7 look like a helmet-user majority at peak

 

[Markymark]

Picture in https://www.cyclechat.net/posts/4431709 makes London CS7 look like a helmet-user majority at peak

Think there's a marked difference between trunk CS routes and quieter back roads.

 

[srw]

Anecdotally yesterday the Embankment was a right old mixture. It got more helmetty as the lycra-clad serious cyclists stopped working and started training.

 

[Drago]

Well, they like to think they're serious.

 

[ianrauk]

Today's ride.
3 cyclists, no plastic.

 

[welsh dragon]

There are very few local cyclists here. Most are tourists, and mtb cyclists. I'd say 80% wear helmets.

 

[ianrauk]

Today's Cycle Chat ride.
20 Cyclists
6 Plastic Hats

 

[ianrauk]

And how many deaths?

Now, now Ade.. it's not the thread.
But seeing at how many cycling caps were saving lives today.......

 

[.stu]

I am a utility cyclist but I do wear lycra as I tend to get sweaty or rained on so need to get changed on arrival regardless. If I'm going to wear clothes specifically for cycling I may as well wear clothes designed specifically for cycling. I don't wear a helmet and am in the minority around here.

I do draw the line at team kit tho...