1. I often go without a helmet.
2. I will continue to do so.
3. I like my family to wear a helmet, but they often go without.
The event:
Training ride with Mrs Bicycle this morning. Country lane, gentle descent at about 23-25 mph.
She was distracted, hit a recessed drain cover and when weight returned to her front wheel it wasn't pointing forward.
She was thrown off the bike and it had the look (but not the same physical causes) of a motorcycling highside.
She went up then landed laterally (feet slightly up) in a sort of foetal crouch.
Once she'd collected herself (it was a big crash) she said she'd landed on the side of her head.
I thought that sounded odd, but not unlikely. I looked at her helmet and there was a series of good wallop marks on one side.
As it is she has the normal road rash on knee, thigh, thumbs etc....
But that dent on the helmet (even though the material is softer than bone) would surely have been the cause of a fairly hurty headache.
As I said above, I'm not a helmet fan. She is. But.... although I've never had a head injury in scores of crashes... I do find that dent in her helmet interesting.
Is it a reason for me to think again?
2. I will continue to do so.
3. I like my family to wear a helmet, but they often go without.
The event:
Training ride with Mrs Bicycle this morning. Country lane, gentle descent at about 23-25 mph.
She was distracted, hit a recessed drain cover and when weight returned to her front wheel it wasn't pointing forward.
She was thrown off the bike and it had the look (but not the same physical causes) of a motorcycling highside.
She went up then landed laterally (feet slightly up) in a sort of foetal crouch.
Once she'd collected herself (it was a big crash) she said she'd landed on the side of her head.
I thought that sounded odd, but not unlikely. I looked at her helmet and there was a series of good wallop marks on one side.
As it is she has the normal road rash on knee, thigh, thumbs etc....
But that dent on the helmet (even though the material is softer than bone) would surely have been the cause of a fairly hurty headache.
As I said above, I'm not a helmet fan. She is. But.... although I've never had a head injury in scores of crashes... I do find that dent in her helmet interesting.
Is it a reason for me to think again?