tonight, of all nights, it's safer to wear a helmet. https://www.cyclechat.net/So, to get to the nub of the matter, is it safer to wear a helmet or not to wear a helmet?
How can wearing a helmet offer no protection from injury?
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Angelfishsolo
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They are two pieces of data that are as worthy of consideration as helmet introduction.
If the UCI is so powerful and the anti helmet so compelling then who is driving the helmet compulsion?
mickle
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No. They're not. Unless you can provide some evidence that they are. Which you clearly can't because the suggestion is as preposterous as it is desperate.
Worthy of consideration for a second or two before they are dismissed. Lukesdad came up with a more realistic list but they are all things that are likely to have changed slowly over time, not flipped from one situation to another in a short time which is what happened with racing deaths.
As for who is driving helmet compulsion, most of them seem to be non-cyclists for some reason and they seem to vary between the well intentioned but poorly informed to the people assuaging their guilt to those deliberately wanting to damage cycling.
Angelfishsolo
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How do you know if you haven't looked at the data. You clearly believe that nothing but helmets are the cause and this is proven by mapping helmet introduction against deaths. Try mapping it against the usage of carbon frames or average riding speed. Try looking at all the data before reaching a conclusion.
Angelfishsolo
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Are those assumptions you are making?
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mickle
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You're just taking the piss now.
Nope, I've met people in all three categories.
JonnyBlade
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Since some of you are so right all the time I'm wondering if you could spare a little advice? When I am putting my trousers on in a morning I usually put my left leg in first and then obviously the right leg. Am I doing this the right way around or should I alternate this procedure. There has to be a scientific comparison and I would hate to be doing the wrong thing
mickle
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1543707 said:
Do you have any evidence for this assertion etcetera?
lukesdad
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Probably, or maybe not. But the thing is, he has an open mind, you on the otherhand do not.
Angelfishsolo
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Thanks for that mate.
ClichéGuevara
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Since some of you are so right all the time I'm wondering if you could spare a little advice? When I am putting my trousers on in a morning I usually put my left leg in first and then obviously the right leg. Am I doing this the right way around or should I alternate this procedure. There has to be a scientific comparison and I would hate to be doing the wrong thing
You fail on at least two points.
1. The "obviously the right leg" remark rules out the experience of the monopeds and polypeds amongst us.
2. You make no mention of having your wife's permission to wear the trousers in your house.
mickle
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But I do have an open mind, which is how I went from being an enthusiastic advocate of cycle helmets to where I stand today.
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