The CycleChat Helmet Debate Thread

[screenman]

Why do many cyclist wear gloves or most?

 

[srw]

It's not illogical, I have proven in the real world you are less likely to split your head open if you wear one ;-).

A sample size of two, with no controlling for similar conditions, tells you nothing about individual risk, and less about population risk.

 

[srw]

Why do many cyclist wear gloves or most?

Because the padding helps reduce road vibration, and in the winter they keep hands warm.

Next!

 

[Tanis8472]

It's not illogical, I have proven in the real world you are less likely to split your head open if you wear one ;-).

That is not proof. Without replicating to the n'th degree yiu cannot prove anything

 

[martint235]

It's not illogical, I have proven in the real world you are less likely to split your head open if you wear one ;-).

Sorry but you haven't. To prove something, you have to replicate the exact scenario while just changing the one thing you're trying to prove.

If anyone had proved a helmet was useful they'd be screaming it from the rooftops rather than the usual helmet advert of "lighter, cooler and just look at the pretty colours"

 

[martint235]

Why do many cyclist wear gloves or most?

I don't know about others but I find them comfortable when my hands are on the bars for 6 hours

 

[screenman]

Because the padding helps reduce road vibration, and in the winter they keep hands warm.

Next!

Not too protect against road rash in the case of an off then.

 

[martint235]

Not too protect against road rash in the case of an off then.

Nope. I wouldn't trust £5 of Planet X finest to last a second against tarmac.

 

[keithmac]

I'm honestly gobsmacked you cannot see any benifit between hitting your scull against the tarmac with a helmet on?.

I'd quite happily replicate it multiple times with one on, but don't fancy the stiches/ scar again with it off..

 

[martint235]

I'm honestly gobsmacked you cannot see any benifit between hitting your scull against the tarmac with a helmet on?.

I'd quite happily replicate it multiple times with one on, but don't fancy the stiches/ scar again with it off..

Oh for crying out loud read the thread we've covered it a hundred times.

 

[velovoice]

I'm honestly gobsmacked you cannot see any benifit between hitting your scull against the tarmac with a helmet on?.

I'd quite happily replicate it multiple times with one on, but don't fancy the stiches/ scar again with it off..

You're missing the common denominator here: your skull. C'mon @keithmac, you're trotting out all the old chestnuts, all FEEL versus FACTS. You're already spending a lot of time and energy on this thread, posting, why don't you spend some of it reading and then come back and let us know what you think.

 

[srw]

Not too protect against road rash in the case of an off then.

No. I protect myself against offs by ....not having offs.

Seriously - I've fallen over while walking more often recently than I've come off my bike.

 

[screenman]

Nope. I wouldn't trust £5 of Planet X finest to last a second against tarmac.

I would trust them more than bare skin alone.

 

[keithmac]

I thought you didn't care what other people did? That wasn't really true was it.

Sorry I was on about me, after my experience I wouldn't want to have the same accident again even for testing..

 

[screenman]

No. I protect myself against offs by ....not having offs.

Seriously - I've fallen over while walking more often recently than I've come off my bike.

Maybe you should show the same care walking as you do cycling.