The terrible local hedge/tree cutting is the main reason why I still wear a hat (patrol cap in summer, beanie/bennie/toque in winter) but not a helmet. A couple of times, I've had my hat pulled off by a branch, but it's never tried to pull me off the bike by the head like a branch stuck in a helmet vent did!
I also hope it would save me from some gravel if I did fall, but I've crashed less and not hit my head since giving up helmet use. I can't entirely explain that, so think there's some significance to Ian Walker's research like https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797615620784
I honestly don't remember, it's been so long. Wish I did - I'd like to know too! For whatever reason, one day I didn't put it on, and it just became a new habit.
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