I have my mind changed about helmets!

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Ravenbait said:
Have also done both, although it wasn't a mild twist and it was while cycling and it was caused by a helmet and I'd really, really, REALLY like not to have to go through that again.

The skull, on the other hand, was not caused by cycling.

Hence I've come to the opposite conclusion. However, I respect your right to think differently.
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Which demonstrates the debate precisely I believe. I was thinking of your example when I wrote that and hoped you might come in to balance my view and hence demonstrate the futility of drawing any conclusion from personal experience.

It's Diesel for me, I think Norris is overrated and he has only fought humans.
 
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Ravenbait, can I ask what made you think it was the helmet that caused your neck problem. Also why not wearing the helmet would have been a better idea.
 
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screenman said:
Ravenbait, can I ask what made you think it was the helmet that caused your neck problem. Also why not wearing the helmet would have been a better idea.
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It was medical opinion that said it was the helmet, before anyone accuses me of jumping to conclusions.

If I hadn't been wearing the helmet it's likely my head wouldn't have hit the road at all, or if it did I'd have suffered no more than bruising and grazes, which I've had plenty of other times falling over while not on a bike. Inconsequential.

My head. My decision. My choice. All I want is freedom to make that choice, preferably without being insulted for a perfectly reasonable, rational decision.

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mickle said:
Snell or ANSI?
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Don't get all technical with me now Schmickle..
What I would have though is one of your naughty stickers on the front between the wings..
 
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XmisterIS said:
I know there are lots of threads on "to wear or not to wear", that being the question, so this post is intended to start a squabble! (although it may anyway!
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I was watching one of those real-life A&E drama-emergency-car-crash-TV programs the other night and a cyclist was brought in all smashed up because some idiot cager had driven into him.

The windscreen was bullseyed and the guy's head was in a sorry state. The chap wasn't wearing a helmet and the surgeon said that if he had been wearing a helmet then his head injuries would have been far less extensive - the bullseye was his head hitting the windscreen. I know it's the car driver's fault, but it was the cyclist who ended up paying the price.

Normally, I don't wear a helmet but today I've dug it out from the bottom of my equipment box to wear on my commute this afternoon!
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Who cares, wear what you want.
 
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Helmet myth #253: Helmets make your head hot.

Wrong. The aerodynamics of modern helmets increases airflow over the bonce - resulting in a greater cooler effect than a helmetless rider in the same conditions.


There are many other, much better reasons not to wear a helmet than this.
 
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