good reasons to wear a helmet

AllTheGear

FyPunK wrote:

Yep to the head injury but the H was no use at all, got hit full on last night doing around 18mph by a bumble bee on the cheek and it foooookin hurt.
Quick google and bees fly an average 13 - 15 mph, so a closing speed of around 31-33 mph!

It would have hurt a lot more if it had been flying away from you and you caught it up...

biondino

The Hundredth Idiot wrote:

Helmet (arguably) protects my head when cycling.
Glasses protect my eyes when cycling.
So that little fooking fly the other day took advantage of my Achilles Heel and flew straight into my open mouth. Cue lots of disgusted spitting. That'll teach me to be a mouth breather. It's nose or nothing all the way from now on.

If you cycle down wooded paths in summer then you don't need to bother with extra nutrition considering the number of flies you can catch, whale-style. Most don't even need chewing.

Stuey01

DaveR1 wrote:

I can vouch that magpies in Aus are aggressive. On my route to work there was one that used to swoop down and clatter into my helmet every time that I went past. After a few weeks it must have got fed up of crashing into the helmet and and stared coming from the side and getting my ear. I changed my route after it had drawn blood twice in a week.

You changed your route?! I'd have taken along a tennis racket one day, wait for it to swoop in and bosh! That'd teach the bugger.

Cunobelin

Clever Pun wrote:

FyPunK wrote:

Yep to the head injury but the H was no use at all, got hit full on last night doing around 18mph by a bumble bee on the cheek and it foooookin hurt.

yep bees really do hurt

... and how does the Bee feel about this?

We need an organizable such as the BHIT to promote this... Bee Helmet Initiative Trust