helmets

skinny man0903
skinny man0903 Posts: 37
edited December 2007 in The bottom bracket
How many of you wear helmets weather going to work of going out on rides.
I always wear 1 after having an accident about 2 months ago.
The helmet i was wearing took the full impect of me going over the handlebars,
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  • homercles
    homercles Posts: 499
    uh oh...
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  • Doom
    Doom Posts: 133
    homercles wrote:
    uh oh...

    Hahaha this topic has been done to death and will never be settled via online 'discussion'. Best do a search and avoid the 'opinions' that follow this question!!
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  • robbie the roadie
    robbie the roadie Posts: 423
    It's your head. you protect how best you see fit. Seems to be the only real answer.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    skinny man0903 wrote:
    How many of you wear helmets weather going to work of going out on rides.
    I always wear 1 after having an accident about 2 months ago.
    The helmet i was wearing took the full impect of me going over the handlebars,

    Are you absolutely sure about that? :wink:
  • grayo59
    grayo59 Posts: 722
    In answer to the original question - I don't.
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  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    grayo59 wrote:
    In answer to the original question - I don't.

    me neither - just a cap or woolly hat.
    We are born with the dead:
    See, they return, and bring us with them.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    robbie the roadie wrote:
    It's your head. you protect how best you see fit. Seems to be the only real answer.

    That's the way I see it, although I don't ride with people who don't don them. I'm not dragging head injury Bob AND my bike back to camp. It'll never happen. I'll send someone back. JK. :?

    I have a friend back in Seattle who went for a ride on the Robe rail Trail, fell down a hill and was found a day later. He survived because of the helmet. It was obvious to the doctors and us guys who saw his helmet a month later. Not pretty. Although, it looked boderline, but still, that's too close.

    Wear 'em if'n ya got um. Don't piss and moan either way.
  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    I wear helmet 100% of the time. My first accident would have been the end of my had I not been wearing one, andf I was only going at 10mph. Should be compulsory.
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

    Manchester Wheelers
  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    I don't wear a helmet.

    Years ago I had an accident with a car, I wasn't wearing a helmet and bumped my head on the car windscreen, ended up with a small bump on the head but I'm still here to tell the tale.

    Now I bet if I was wearing a helmet at the time someone would say it saved my life.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    on the road wrote:
    I don't wear a helmet.

    Years ago I had an accident with a car, I wasn't wearing a helmet and bumped my head on the car windscreen, ended up with a small bump on the head but I'm still here to tell the tale.

    Now I bet if I was wearing a helmet at the time someone would say it saved my life.


    What was I thinking. You're right.

    I'm tossing mine right now, damn it. :|
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    On-road, I wear one when on my Road-bike - Off-road I tend not to when on my Hybrid on a long foot/cycle path-route - I came off my Hybrid on the Road a while back though and luckily had my helmet on - the side of my head smacked into the road at about 10-13mph - very pleased I was wearing the helmet - it definately prevented and open head wound and possibly concussion.
  • John B
    John B Posts: 139
    I used to be 50/50 on wearing a helmet until I headbutted the kerb after a skid and knocked myself out. Knocked a lump the size of a golfball out of the side of the helmet which I was wearing because of wet roads that day. That sort of made my mind up and I always wear one now but I find them uncomfortable and would rather not wear one especially in the summer.
  • cycologist
    cycologist Posts: 721
    In the past three years I've had the same number of serious crashes. Two involved cars and the other was my own fault. On each occaision, after having scraped myself off the tarmac, my helmet was'nt even scratched despite some big holes and/or tears in mty clothing and body.(mainly shoulders and hips). I will continue to wear a helmet if only because of Sod's Law.
    Two wheels good,four wheels bad
  • andy_winch
    andy_winch Posts: 48
    I never used to wear a helmet, but then joined a club where helmets are complosary. After that I have worn one ever since. The only time I don`t bother if when I ride into town which is less than a mile !
    And on the 7th day...............
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  • Mike Willcox
    Mike Willcox Posts: 1,770
    bikers46 wrote:
    robbie the roadie wrote:
    It's your head. you protect how best you see fit. Seems to be the only real answer.

    That's the way I see it, although I don't ride with people who don't don them. I'm not dragging head injury Bob AND my bike back to camp. It'll never happen. I'll send someone back. JK. :?

    I have a friend back in Seattle who went for a ride on the Robe rail Trail, fell down a hill and was found a day later. He survived because of the helmet. It was obvious to the doctors and us guys who saw his helmet a month later. Not pretty. Although, it looked boderline, but still, that's too close.

    Wear 'em if'n ya got um. Don't wee-wee and moan either way.



    Dr Ian Walker of Bath University measured the effect of cyclists wearing helmets from a motorists point of view. The results showed that drivers perceive cyclists without helmets as more vulnerable and less competent than those with one. On average motorists pass 3.3 inches closer to you if you wear a helmet.

    I won't ride with another rider iif they are wearing a helmet. I'm sorry they are just going to have to remove it. Far too dangerous. :D
  • wildmoustache
    wildmoustache Posts: 4,010
    Mike Willcox wrote:
    bikers46 wrote:
    robbie the roadie wrote:
    It's your head. you protect how best you see fit. Seems to be the only real answer.

    That's the way I see it, although I don't ride with people who don't don them. I'm not dragging head injury Bob AND my bike back to camp. It'll never happen. I'll send someone back. JK. :?

    I have a friend back in Seattle who went for a ride on the Robe rail Trail, fell down a hill and was found a day later. He survived because of the helmet. It was obvious to the doctors and us guys who saw his helmet a month later. Not pretty. Although, it looked boderline, but still, that's too close.

    Wear 'em if'n ya got um. Don't wee-wee and moan either way.



    Dr Ian Walker of Bath University measured the effect of cyclists wearing helmets from a motorists point of view. The results showed that drivers perceive cyclists without helmets as more vulnerable and less competent than those with one. On average motorists pass 3.3 inches closer to you if you wear a helmet.

    I won't ride with another rider iif they are wearing a helmet. I'm sorry they are just going to have to remove it. Far too dangerous. :D

    The c*** who's going to hit you (not you personally) doesn't give a flying f*** what you're wearing on your head!
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    I've come off a couple of times wearing a helmet and not wearing one... each time it's made no difference as I seem to know how to fall and so far it's always managed to protect myself from serious harm.

    I tend to wear a helmet in any case as it's not a big deal and after the first couple times when it feels un pleasant you get used to it and barely notice it
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  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    The club that I'm in don't make wearing helmets compulsary, I've often gone on club rides without a helmet, most of the time I just wear a cap.
  • chriswatts83
    chriswatts83 Posts: 2
    Is it really so bad wearing a helmet anyway? All of the good ones out there now don't weigh a thing anyway and you soon forget you've got it on!
  • Mike Willcox
    Mike Willcox Posts: 1,770
    wildmoustache wrote:
    Mike Willcox wrote:
    bikers46 wrote:
    robbie the roadie wrote:
    It's your head. you protect how best you see fit. Seems to be the only real answer.

    That's the way I see it, although I don't ride with people who don't don them. I'm not dragging head injury Bob AND my bike back to camp. It'll never happen. I'll send someone back. JK. :?

    I have a friend back in Seattle who went for a ride on the Robe rail Trail, fell down a hill and was found a day later. He survived because of the helmet. It was obvious to the doctors and us guys who saw his helmet a month later. Not pretty. Although, it looked boderline, but still, that's too close.

    Wear 'em if'n ya got um. Don't wee-wee and moan either way.



    Dr Ian Walker of Bath University measured the effect of cyclists wearing helmets from a motorists point of view. The results showed that drivers perceive cyclists without helmets as more vulnerable and less competent than those with one. On average motorists pass 3.3 inches closer to you if you wear a helmet.

    I won't ride with another rider iif they are wearing a helmet. I'm sorry they are just going to have to remove it. Far too dangerous. :D

    The c*** who's going to hit you (not you personally) doesn't give a flying f*** what you're wearing on your head!

    :shock:

    There might be a fleeting moment of appreciation of the colour coordination before he slams into you.
  • flattythehurdler
    flattythehurdler Posts: 2,314
    I wear one because they are compulsory in the events I eneter so I need to be used to it.
    Dan
  • flattythehurdler
    flattythehurdler Posts: 2,314
    Oh and because my wife makes me.
    Dan
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    I wear one because it....um.....damn, I totally, like, lost my, like,........um.........


    Oh, now I remember, I wear three....um.....what were we, like, um.....talking about?
  • duckiciao
    duckiciao Posts: 96
    If you're racing, you might as well wear one so that you are used to it.

    I wear one because, well, you never know....
  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    That's just it, I don't race so I don't wear one :)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    on the road wrote:
    That's just it, I don't race so I don't wear one :)

    I think the race part is really irrelevant.

    Wait, no brain, don't need a helmet.

    Weird how some idiots think it's a protection thing or some crap. 8)
  • tatanab
    tatanab Posts: 1,283
    chriswatts83 wrote:
    Is it really so bad wearing a helmet anyway? All of the good ones out there now don't weigh a thing anyway and you soon forget you've got it on!
    Heat stress is the answer, not weight.

    I have a Giro Atmos which I bought to tour New Zealand where they are compulsory. When I put it on I thought this is not so bad, maybe even ok". Then I hit the mountains. Even at only 25C the heat stress was terrible so I took it off and felt almost instantly better. I took to removing it for mountain climbs and enduring it elsewhere.

    Very often you see people posting that they have no problems so do not see why anybody else would. The answer is that my physiology is different to yours.

    What is the helmet going to do for me? It is not designed to provide any protection when hit by 2 tons of metal at 70mph, it is designed to provide some protection in simple falls at low speeds. In my book it is simply a sop to people who think cycling is dangerous.

    However, I am not anti helmet simply anti compulsion. If you choose to use one then that is fine by me.
  • clanton
    clanton Posts: 1,289
    tatanab wrote:

    What is the helmet going to do for me? It is not designed to provide any protection when hit by 2 tons of metal at 70mph, it is designed to provide some protection in simple falls at low speeds. In my book it is simply a sop to people who think cycling is dangerous.

    However, I am not anti helmet simply anti compulsion. If you choose to use one then that is fine by me.

    It is exactly those sort of low impact falls that are most common IMHO, certainly in my case. I don't believe helmets are some kind of cure-all and fully agree that they are useless in most life-endangering accidents but the have saved me from a very unpleasant headache/abrasion/concussion type injury on more than one occasion and that's why I wear one.
    I agree in freedom of choice though!
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    edited December 2007
    tatanab wrote:
    What is the helmet going to do for me? It is not designed to provide any protection when hit by 2 tons of metal at 70mph, it is designed to provide some protection in simple falls at low speeds.

    That's correct, and is really the crux of the matter - helmets provide some protection for relatively low-energy impacts - ie front wheel goes on bend at 13mph, side of helmet smacks the ground (it's happened to many of us) - and agreed, helmets won't be of much assistence in a relatively high-energy impact such as the 2 tonne at 70.
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    clanton wrote:
    It is exactly those sort of low impact falls that are most common IMHO, certainly in my case. I don't believe helmets are some kind of cure-all and fully agree that they are useless in most life-endangering accidents but the have saved me from a very unpleasant headache/abrasion/concussion type injury on more than one occasion and that's why I wear one.
    I agree in freedom of choice though!

    Fully agree with that.

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