Springs here, time to dump the helmet

[monkeypony]

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.

Indeed, I refuse to wear a seatbelt in a car for the same reasons, and you can get horrible injuries from them in an accident too.

My lid stays on all year but this morning was the first commute for a fair while without overshoes so it is now oficially spring time! Hooray!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Indeed, I refuse to wear a seatbelt in a car for the same reasons, and you can get horrible injuries from them in an accident too.

My lid stays on all year but this morning was the first commute for a fair while without overshoes so it is now oficially spring time! Hooray!

You must be bonkers man

One slip and you'll end up crippled for life.

 

[4F]

Indeed, I refuse to wear a seatbelt in a car for the same reasons, and you can get horrible injuries from them in an accident too.

My lid stays on all year but this morning was the first commute for a fair while without overshoes so it is now oficially spring time! Hooray!

I must resist, I must resist

 

[monkeypony]

You must be bonkers man

One slip and you'll end up crippled for life.

I did end up with cold toes for the last few miles but my excellent bike handling skills prevented any disasters

 

[ufkacbln]

There is actually a wide variety of data as to where the accidents occur, with no specific consistent month having a greater incidence.

It should be noted that there is no correction for weather and increased numbers of cyclists in the summer. So it could be that the difference is due to a wet August and a splendid October

 

[Paco de Bango]

I'm surprised it got all the way to page 2 before the shots were fired!

 

[2Loose]

I wore shorts for the first time this year today as it was so sunny...goose bumps and frozen legs by the time I got to work. Still a little early for me yet.

 

[4F]

I'm surprised it got all the way to page 2 before the shots were fired!

To be fair Smoking Joe got in first on page 1, post 14

 

[BSRU]

There is actually a wide variety of data as to where the accidents occur, with no specific consistent month having a greater incidence.

It should be noted that there is no correction for weather and increased numbers of cyclists in the summer. So it could be that the difference is due to a wet August and a splendid October

For some reason, May and October are statistically the most dangerous for cyclists, according to the DfT.

 

[BentMikey]

For those of you wearing helmets against bad drivers, you did check the disclaimer when you bought your helmets, right? Along the lines of "This helmet will not protect against collisions with motor vehicles". 12mph fall against a flat surface is about all you can hope for...

 

[Paco de Bango]

To be fair Smoking Joe got in first on page 1, post 14

Correct, my mistake. Naughty Smoking Joe bringing the tone of the thread down.

I still wore my wooly hat this morning. does that make me a wus?

 

[blubb]

No helmet all year long.

 

[S_t_e_v_e]

I always wear a helmet. I did downgrade from a beanie to a buff underneath it though. I'm still wearing winter longs, shorts can wait until May..

 

[4F]

I still wore my wooly hat this morning. does that make me a wus?

Yes

 

[4F]

For those of you wearing helmets against bad drivers, you did check the disclaimer when you bought your helmets, right? Along the lines of "This helmet will not protect against collisions with motor vehicles". 12mph fall against a flat surface is about all you can hope for...

Don't start, this thread is close enough already to the edge of doom.