Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
To be honest, in over 4 decades of cycling I've injured my love plums more than my head, so in terms of actual usefulness an armoured cod piece would be better than a helmet.
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glenn forger
Guest
Pain was agonising, didn't make a fuss. Not a scratch on the helmet, I left it at home.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Breaking a long-standing habit, I didn't wear one on my commute today. I just couldn't face having a sweaty head. Miraculously, I managed to complete the eleven miles without a life-threatening injury.
You sure?
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Good point. I guess my brain function might best be judged by others.
Pete Owens
Well-Known Member
I wonder if its a bit of a London commuter thing with the helmets.
On my commute (50% quiet roads 50% rural A road) I see very few helmets or indeed any other specialist gear. Same goes for utility shopping trips and the like. On the other hand if I head out into the Cheshire country lanes at the weekend pretty much everyone is fully kitted out with plastics hats and lycra though the bikes seem to lack basic practical stuff such as mudguards or panier racks.
On my commute (50% quiet roads 50% rural A road) I see very few helmets or indeed any other specialist gear. Same goes for utility shopping trips and the like. On the other hand if I head out into the Cheshire country lanes at the weekend pretty much everyone is fully kitted out with plastics hats and lycra though the bikes seem to lack basic practical stuff such as mudguards or panier racks.
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I'm touched.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I saw quite a few motorcyclists on lovely gleaming chrome beasts pop-popping up to the coast today (second-best way to skip the long queues onto and up the coast road IMO). Sat right back, open-face helmets, big glasses and cloths across their face. The plastic-looking roaring superbikers are mostly leathers and closed visors. Do any of the motorbikers here know if there's a measurable divide in KSIs between the motorbike types or helmet types? I'd expect the sat-back chopper and tourer types maybe to be more cautious but I don't know.
A BFG for the motorists you have there may be more useful...
Ah, so the brain function isn't there today?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Reply posted at https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-cyclechat-helmet-debate-thread.187059/post-4378112 because on reflection I think it's off-topic here. I'd still be interested in data about motorcycle types, but that's probably best over there too.
Tin Pot
Guru
Evidence is abhorred in "that" thread, no point putting it there.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
And then selectively ignoring it when it doesn't suit you.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
In short: that isn't it either but suggests full face moto helmets are better than open face for one type of injury in one Brazilian hospital.
