Springs here, time to dump the helmet

[gbb]

This is the time of year when i stop wearing a helmet for commuting...light in the mornings, light in the evenings, little or no ice, my reasoning is it's a lot more dangerous in the winter...its time to get the wind in my hair

Do you do the same ?

 

[400bhp]

No, helmet stays on.

 

[Smokin Joe]

This is the time of year I dump the wooley hat.

I forsee along and emotional thread here

 

[Moodyman]

Helmets stays on year-round.

For me, this is when the risk of getting hit increases as drivers become more complacent.

In the dark, they can only see blinking red lights so they usually give more room than they would in daylight.

Overshoes and balaclava came off this week though.

Full leggings will probably come off mid-April.

 

[ianrauk]

no helmet all year round....baseball cap and buff does for me on my commute.

 

[4F]

No helmet, no hair. 365 days a year

 

[phaedrus]

no helmet all year round....baseball cap and buff does for me on my commute.

Fleece hat for me if it's chilly, otherwise bareheaded.

 

[Moodyman]

No helmet, no hair. 365 days a year

Is this to help with aerodynamics?

 

[4F]

Is this to help with aerodynamics?

Grade 0 is a style thanks (and does very well at hiding the bald patch

)

 

[benb]

But if I take my helmet off I'll have nowhere to mount my camera.

 

[adds21]

no helmet all year round....baseball cap and buff does for me on my commute.

+1

 

[Vikeonabike]

Not in a million years, I'd rather drive than ride sans helmet.......Did it once last year, might as well have been cycling naked!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Not in a million years, I'd rather drive than ride sans helmet.......Did it once last year, might as well have been cycling naked!

All those of us who were riding before 1990 must have been bonkers, fancy doing something as dangerous as riding a bike before helmets came out.

God knows how we made it through.

 

[Browser]

Skull cap comes off from under skid lid, but lid stays on year-round.

 

[Davidc]

Keep mine on to keep peace with Mrs Dc, except when it's very hot.

Don't always agree with Smokin Joe, but do on this one, especially considering that the roads and drivers were less cycle friendly then. Or was the much greater number of cyclists KSId just down to the lack of helmets in those distant dark days?