Cush
Veteran
- Location
- North Cumbria but still a Geordie
My faith in helmets was established when I fell off among the railway lines on the Bristol docks at virtual walking pace. The helmet was dented but my head wasn't.
Walking pace is what they're designed for.
The promotion of helmet wearing onto the UK cycling public is a horrible, pervasive blame-shifting exercise designed to make people fear cycling.
You, among others.By who?
You, among others.
That probably isn't your intention.I am trying to make people fear cycling?
'Designed' might be putting it a bit strongly, but when I meet people who don't cycle, and they find out that I do, the first things they say are 'Aren't you brave,' and 'Do you wear a helmet?' so the perception that cycling is dangerous is very widespread and encouraged by the often hysterical promotion of helmet-wearing.
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My grandson was cycling with me and was in collision with a 4x4 vehicle. His head hit the windscreen and he was thrown on to the road. He was wearing his cycle helmet. The result was a broken wrist, and no head injury whatsoever. My blood runs cold at the outcome had he not had the good sense to wear a helmet.
David McIlwaine
Bangor, Co Down
British cyclists are corporate lackies wearing the latest team strip, riding corporate events, and using massively-promoted sport cycling as the 'standard' or 'normal' view of cycling.
Do as I did and google British cyclist, look for images and tell me what you see compared to Dutch cyclist - then tell me I am talking rubbish and imagining it.I will not go as far as to say this is complete rubbish - but certainly where I live that is not the picture of cyclists that I get
In fact comparing like with like I think you will find that in Holland or Denmark the proportions of helmet and/or lycra clad cyclists is not dissimilar to the UK - Its just that there are more cyclists in general