Helmets

[cd365]

Saw a chap ride the other way from me last night with his helmet on, but with no straps done up!
Pointless me thinks

 

[numbnuts]

Some would say it won't make any difference.

 

[Lanzecki]

Post that in helmet and headphones discussion.

Then run away

But yes, kinda pointless. Like the guy I occasionally cycle with who takes his helmet off mid cycle to have a scratch of his head, then cannot do the straps up. The first time I saw him cycling no handed with helmet in one hand having a good scratch with people cycling 2 feet from him.. Well it was a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Nam stylee.

 

[avalon]

Some would say it won't make any difference.

Just posted the same reply but you beat me to it.

 

[StuartG]

Always fascinated by cyclists who wear helmets but no gloves.
Protection that is unlikely to be needed and not much help if it is plays protection that is very likely to be needed and usually does a good job.

 

[Mile195]

The question of whether or not they help in an accident is the million dollar question indeed, straps or no straps. But if nothing else, mine helps keep the sun out of my eyes in the summer, and my head slightly warmer in the winter. So if even if that's the only proven basis for wearing one... I'll stick with it regardless!

 

[broadway]

In Bury St Edmunds I saw a bike mounted policeman (or pco) go into a shop. He left the bike unlocked while he was in there, came out perched helmet on head then rode off.

 

[Ron-da-Valli]

It always amuses me to see cyclists in winter perching a helmet on top of a woolly hat, not covering their head at all!

 

[tyred]

It always amuses me to see cyclists in winter perching a helmet on top of a woolly hat, not covering their head at all!

You wouldn't want your favourite woolly hat to get damage in an accident, would you?

 

[Cycling Dan]

Kinda like going to war with a gun but not taking any ammo.

 

[Licramite]

worse , like going to war and thinking your guns loaded, when it aint.

but some of the guys I new, bullets were just useless weight , they would have been more lethal (and were) just beating you to death with a rifle.than trying to shoot you.