You just suffered a head injury despite being a helmet user and still aren't open to discussion - are you sure this is the right place to post? But anyway, the general advice for die-hard helmet users to prefer ones meeting the tougher Snell tests (there was a list of current passes on www.smf.org last I checked) rather than the watered-down EN tests is probably still relevant. Beyond that, it's probably better to ask your medical specialist caring for your injury for advice.
Consider the area(s) impacted and the site of the latest reason.
It was the hottest day of the year so far and there is a hypothesis that wrapping one's brain in insulating foam warms it up to the point of impairing one's judgment and that's what negated the tested protective effect in population statistics that show injury trends continuing unaffected by changes in helmet usage rates...Rant alert!
Today a cyclist felt the need to tell me, from the shared path he was on (I was on the adjacent road) "you should wear a helmet".
Now, I know many cyclists in Glasgow, there's not that many compared to, say, London, so I ask him "do I know you?"
He answers "no, but you should wear a helmet"
Taps his helmet "I had two accidents", then proceeds round the blind corner full of pedestrians (that's why I was on the road, not on the shared path), then carries on to ride on a clearly signed bus only lane.
Well, blow me off my bike, the impertinent git!
Rant over
It's unlike you to react to bad advice from someone less knowledgeable than your good self @Pat "5mph" .Rant alert!
Today a cyclist felt the need to tell me, from the shared path he was on (I was on the adjacent road) "you should wear a helmet".
Now, I know many cyclists in Glasgow, there's not that many compared to, say, London, so I ask him "do I know you?"
He answers "no, but you should wear a helmet"
Taps his helmet "I had two accidents", then proceeds round the blind corner full of pedestrians (that's why I was on the road, not on the shared path), then carries on to ride on a clearly signed bus only lane.
Well, blow me off my bike, the impertinent git!
Rant over
Rant alert!
Today a cyclist felt the need to tell me, from the shared path he was on (I was on the adjacent road) "you should wear a helmet".
Now, I know many cyclists in Glasgow, there's not that many compared to, say, London, so I ask him "do I know you?"
He answers "no, but you should wear a helmet"
Taps his helmet "I had two accidents", then proceeds round the blind corner full of pedestrians (that's why I was on the road, not on the shared path), then carries on to ride on a clearly signed bus only lane.
Well, blow me off my bike, the impertinent git!
Rant over
Well, let's not be hasty, we don't know what kind of accidents he was talking about, maybe he meant run over by a SMIDSY.
Most cycle helmets are not designed or tested for colliding with other vehicles. Is yours different or was any protection probably a fluke?
