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genius!Me. I have been knocked off my bike and banged my head hard enough that - had I been wearing a helmet - the medical staff who treated me would have said that my helmet saved my life.
Had two hospital visits with head injuries though from tripping over on an uneven pavement and falling over on an icy one.
Thanks.genius!
I wear a helmet now mainly because the one and only RTA I've had whilst cycling, involved a head impact that would have killed me, the Police, ambulance staff and hospital staff that treated me all agree. My head hit the ground with enough force to drive the road debris (a 10mm bolt) through my helmet and 2mm into my scalp, had I not been wearing a helmet, that bold would have gone 25-30mm into my brain.
Ok a chance in a million, but that one in a million chance happens all the time.
They don't have a choice, UCI rules mean they have to while racing in a UCI event.Its good enough for bradley and cav, so its good enough for me
I wonder if these threads appear in Dutch cycling forums?
I've never worn one and good lady has never worn one. My kids are 18, 14 & 11, they have never worn one and the youngest two cycle to school, short distance but along a major road. If I asked my kids to wear one they'd think I'd gone crackers.
The next door neighbors kids have to wear helmets, gloves and knee pads on the very rare occasions that they cycle, what a palaver, no wonder they rarely do.
Gloves are a good idea though.
I don't want to mess up my carefully perfected comb-over hairstyle.