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@Maj
fwiw i didn't feel the risk justified a helmet, it was a quiet day out to the woods with friends at party pace, in which we rode some very mundane and placid single track cautiously - the fact were were on bikes is circumstance more than the main event - same way don't wear a helmet for a walk or pootle to the shops.
i will say the pictures and write up sensationalise what was esentially some rolling down a moderate incline . sure something unexpected could have happened which changed our lives forever, but it's not a fear i live with personally.
i guess it links into the bars, i just like building a bike which is comfortable to ride and plod about on. everything i rode on the day i've ridden on a 33c single speed, the sus and 2.25s are just there to make it all easier and leave more energy to enjoy the woods more so than smash my bike through them.