The CycleChat Helmet Debate Thread

[Racing roadkill]

I was on a Skyride ride leader training course today, somebody brought the helmet debate up. That was fun.

 

[ufkacbln]

I was looking this up for another debate (honest)

Clothes optional
Helmet compulsory

 

[ufkacbln]

I will do some sums when i am free and get back to you
H&S contains stuff that is not tested but is believed to be harmless, just like talcum powder was...

Will these calculations only apply to cyclist or for all similar impacts?

You will need to prove why a cyclist needs to wear a helmet and a pedestrian doesn't when suffering an identical trauma

 

[srw]

I was looking this up for another debate (honest)

Clothes optional
Helmet compulsory

That could be seen as a satirical commentary on Australia's notorious law.

Or, especially with the meeting point at Bush Theatre, a smutty joke

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I think I have found my new sig:

(C) Bez of Beyond The Kerb

GC

 

[Brandane]

I think I have found my new sig:

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(C) Bez of Beyond The Kerb

GC

Excellent find! Going to forward that to some of the helmet preachers I associate with outwith this forum .

 

[Brandane]

So, @Reggie-rock , following your recent post, I hope you have had time now to read and digest all 187 pages of debate on helmets and seen the light .
There are arguments and opinions for and against helmet usage, and it eventually comes down to personal preference. I prefer NOT to wear one, and I value the fact that I have the choice. I am not anti-helmet, but I am most certainly pro-choice. It will be a sad day if that is ever taken away from us, given the evidence on this thread.

 

[ufkacbln]

 

[ufkacbln]

 

[Mugshot]

I was on a Skyride ride leader training course today, somebody brought the helmet debate up. That was fun.

I doubt that very much.

 

[mjr]

I doubt that very much.

I don't know - if done carefully, it can be quite fun for old traditionalism to be the one with more evidence on its side for a change. The fallout can often be not fun, though.

 

[martint235]

James Cracknell, that famous supporter of cycling helmets, is about to be on BBC London news riding and tandem around what looks like Herne Hill velodrome without a helmet on. Not only is this hypocritical, but if I want to ride round Herne Hill a helmet is mandatory.

 

[ianrauk]

Oh no. Another disappointingly rubbish article about cycling, written by someone who doesn't seem to know much about the subject. Not only does it start by trotting out the usual helmet myths, but it also recommends buying 'cycling trousers with chamois inserts'. <facepalm thing>
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/bike-blog/2016/mar/17/cycling-get-kitted-up-with-the-basics

That is pathetic putting the helmet issue before more important stuff... like bikes.

 

[Tim Hall]

That is pathetic putting the helmet issue before more important stuff... like bikes.

But on the upside, the comments are fairly positive. And one of them is from Peter Clinch, who was a regular on uk.rec.cycling, where I started my internet cycling related life.

 

[srw]

Oh no. Another disappointingly rubbish article about cycling, written by someone who doesn't seem to know much about the subject. Not only does it start by trotting out the usual helmet myths, but it also recommends buying 'cycling trousers with chamois inserts'. <facepalm thing>
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/bike-blog/2016/mar/17/cycling-get-kitted-up-with-the-basics

"Supported by Boardman". Which, given the eponymous Chris's well-known and trenchant views is interesting.