This is a helmet debate

[david k]

err, why do pros wear helmets?

 

[screenman]

It is in the rules. No helmet no race.

 

[david k]

if they arent worth wearing why do they insist?

 

[jig-sore]

if they arent worth wearing why do they insist?

same reason kids can't play conkers anymore

 

[Bicycle]

Because the rules have made them compulsory for the past few years. Before they had to wear them, they usually didn't.

Google Indurain, Armstrong, Pantani et al and you'll see that until they had to they didn't, for most stages.

Mind you, they were all going in the same direction and at modest speeds (TV makes it look quicker) so there really wasn't so much need.

Also.. there is no traffic when they race...

So you see, it's all about compulsion.

I dare not re-read what I just typed, in case I punch myself, but I think these threads need some flavour.

 

[ELL]

Its so so can tell the teams/riders from the helicopter shots

 

[david k]

my point is, if wearing helmets is pointless or of little benefit, why do the experienced racing authorities insist on it?

 

[on the road]

my point is, if wearing helmets is pointless or of little benefit, why do the experienced racing authorities insist on it?

Politics

 

[ACS]

Sponsorship deals?

 

[snorri]

err, why do pros wear helmets?

Aerodynamics, common sense, innit?

 

[david k]

ACS, are you a gas engineer?

so wearing of helmets is to make money and nothing to do with safety? i find that hard to believe

 

[Dan B]

so wearing of helmets is to make money and nothing to do with safety? i find that hard to believe

Hmm. What answers would you find it easy to believe? It seems almost as though this isn't a genuine question

 

[4F]

To protect their heads against buzzard attacks, it's the only logical answer

 

[blubb]

if they arent worth wearing why do they insist?

By that reasoning i should start smoking.

 

[david k]

Hmm. What answers would you find it easy to believe? It seems almost as though this isn't a genuine question

something relating to safety, being a helmet n all