snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
ASC1951 has said it for me.
If it wasn't for a helmet, I wouldn't be here right now.
- Thread starter montage
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Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
Glad your OK Montage .I wouldnt like helmets to be compulsory but still wear one almost all the time and definitely on roads.30 MPH UPHILL i cant do that downhill :-)
purplepolly
New Member
- Location
- my house
Bear said:
Yes, a cycle helmet is designed to absorb the impact and if the impact is very hard then it will crack. It's basically a single-impact device - not for reuse.
Dave5N
Über Member
- Location
- Outside The Little Nibble
Glad you're ok. DId you win?
Dave5N said:
It was just a sprint with another club mate.... and I was around 2 metres off his wheel .... Don't think I was going to win
Cheers for the get wells etc, time for me to get a nice shiney new helmet. Now, do I get one to match the club kit, or get one to match the bike
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
Sounds like you need a new bike to match the kit?
N+1 and all dat!
N+1 and all dat!
stoatsngroats
Legendary Member
- Location
- South East
montage said:get one to match the bike
There's your answer monty!
Hope you heal well, and quick too, and your point about how you may have been more damaged is a valid one, but Hilldodger, and ASC1951 have their point too - if you chose to wear one, good for you, if not, good for you too!
How's the fixie....?
Shrimp_Stu
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Shoeburyness
montage said:It was just a sprint with another club mate.... and I was around 2 metres off his wheel .... Don't think I was going to win
Cheers for the get wells etc, time for me to get a nice shiney new helmet. Now, do I get one to match the club kit, or get one to match the bike
Get a one that will do the job...
Good luck with your recovery.
Ben M
Senior Member
- Location
- Chester/Oxford
So why did you fall off then?
Ben M
Senior Member
- Location
- Chester/Oxford
Eek, not good.
Glad to hear that you're okay, and that the lid did its job!
Glad to hear that you're okay, and that the lid did its job!
Dave5N
Über Member
- Location
- Outside The Little Nibble
montage said:It was just a sprint with another club mate.... and I was around 2 metres off his wheel .... Don't think I was going to win
Cheers for the get wells etc, time for me to get a nice shiney new helmet. Now, do I get one to match the club kit, or get one to match the bike
? Fareham Wheelers?
I should get a nice colour, mate.
Dave5N said:? Fareham Wheelers?
I should get a nice colour, mate.
Haha, I won't be matching the club kit then
Actually I don't mind the kit - it does certainly stand out from all the other kits! Though a blue or white helmet to match the kit, or red to match the bike....hmmmmmmm
threefingerjoe
Über Member
- Location
- St. Louis, MO, USA
Montage,
Glad to hear that you're ok. Flattened a helmet, myself, years ago, and it's difficult to communicate thoughts and feelings to someone who hasn't been through that.
Don't want to make any arguement one way or another, to anyone. This is for you. I'd say, if you want, go ahead and preach. Those who are already wearing helmets don't need to hear it. Those who are opposed won't listen, anyway. But for those who aren't adamantly opposed...well...maybe...just maybe...one of those people will think, "Does Mama earn enough money to be able to send the kids to college without my help? If so, will she also be able to afford to pay someone to spoon-feed me, and wipe my arse for the rest of my life, or, will she have to quit her job, to be able to do that, herself?" If one person decides, after hearing you preach, to wear a helmet, and has an accident where the helmet saved him...then your preaching was worth it.
So go ahead and preach. What have you got to lose?
Glad to hear that you're ok. Flattened a helmet, myself, years ago, and it's difficult to communicate thoughts and feelings to someone who hasn't been through that.
Don't want to make any arguement one way or another, to anyone. This is for you. I'd say, if you want, go ahead and preach. Those who are already wearing helmets don't need to hear it. Those who are opposed won't listen, anyway. But for those who aren't adamantly opposed...well...maybe...just maybe...one of those people will think, "Does Mama earn enough money to be able to send the kids to college without my help? If so, will she also be able to afford to pay someone to spoon-feed me, and wipe my arse for the rest of my life, or, will she have to quit her job, to be able to do that, herself?" If one person decides, after hearing you preach, to wear a helmet, and has an accident where the helmet saved him...then your preaching was worth it.
So go ahead and preach. What have you got to lose?
