Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

for starters.

Support your local quality baker! I may have an invested interest though...

What about pastafarianism?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz5jZ0Oimaw

breadnbikes Support your local **quality **baker!

If only there was such a thing :(

you need to track one down, visit them regularly so they can afford those shiny new hubs they're after...

I wish there was a real bakery round here.

but, all bread is shit, in the end

You'd be surprised what a helmet can do

and lorries

Reading the 'look mama, no brakes' thread made me think of this.

Some of you may know Andy through the Fyxomatosis.com site or elsewhere.
i met him while in Aus and he is a great guys and fast cyclist.

the other week he had a freak accident, landed on his head
and ended up in a thoracic halo.
though he was really lucky, and is still walking.
read this post if you have a mo...

http://www.fyxomatosis.com/news.php?readmore=942

Anyway, it is the law in Aus to wear a helmet.
i am yet to ride now back in the uk due to lack of bike,
but know that it is the norm Not to wear a helmet.

i will be wearing one when i get a bike sorted.

I didn't wear a helmet for ages and then decided to on the day i got taken out by a non signalling left turn van driver.
Landed on my hand then head and split the helmet in two. I haven't ridden without one since. It's a bit of a shocker when something like that happens.

chris

I'm aware of all the arguments AGAINST wearing one, and have generally gone lidless except when racing or in fast group rides.

Maybe it's middle age, or fatherhood, or the fact my mate's currently in a coma in the Royal National Neurology & Neurosurgery Hospital after coming off a bike, but I've just forked out for a new lid that I'll be happy enough to wear full-time... except during hillclimbs ;p

Another convert, yes, but I'm not going to become the cycling equivalent of a reformed smoker. Everyone else can do whatever the fuck they choose to do :-/

I've had too many lucky escapes nowadays to not wear one.

1. Coming down a hill (Headington in oxford), late for a meeting, had a tie in a plastic bag which came in contact with the front wheel. I was going hell for leather, as was a bit late. and flew. Luckily i knew how to fall, and walked away with only skin abrasions.
   
2. Recently, on my shitty £100 new road bike was riding along, again down a hill in oxford, though smaller, and the front brake locks. landed on my head/ neck region by all accounts, and again walked away. The second was more scary than anything before. I remember thinking 'shit' and then being trapped under my bike on my back, with people running over to see and ask if i was ok. No one quite believed it that i just got up and continued cycling. Again no helmet.
   I'm a lucky fuck, but i don't push it.
   

They don't always work but I still wear 'em..
http://thehippy.net/nucleus/index.php?itemid=55

Don't run into the side of mountains..

htay I've had too many lucky escapes nowadays to not wear one.

1. Coming down a hill (Headington in oxford), late for a meeting, had a tie in a plastic bag which came in contact with the front wheel. I was going hell for leather, as was a bit late. and flew. Luckily i knew how to fall, and walked away with only skin abrasions.
   
2. Recently, on my shitty £100 new road bike was riding along, again down a hill in oxford, though smaller, and the front brake locks. landed on my head/ neck region by all accounts, and again walked away. The second was more scary than anything before. I remember thinking 'shit' and then being trapped under my bike on my back, with people running over to see and ask if i was ok. No one quite believed it that i just got up and continued cycling. Again no helmet.
   I'm a lucky fuck, but i don't push it.
   
   

Why did your front brake lock ?

because my bike is the cheapest piece of ammaco crap ever. literally, ever.
The brake locked completely randomly. having picked myself up it was just jammed, dead against the wheel. It was so irritating having to carry the bike home to fix it.
New brake now.
And selling the bike.

htay because my bike is the cheapest piece of ammaco crap ever. literally, ever.
The brake locked completely randomly. having picked myself up it was just jammed, dead against the wheel. It was so irritating having to carry the bike home to fix it.
New brake now.
And selling the bike.

!!!

You should ask for your money back - regardless of the age of the bike !!

This thread scares me... I've crashed a buncha times and still don't wear a helmet (tho I have a lovely, unused skate lid rotting under the stairs)....
This makes me stooopid, non?

i'm wearing one and happy i did as i came in contact with a half blind woman doing a turn and knocking me off my bike - a few scratches on the face and arm and a stiff neck for a week was what i got away with but without a helmet it would've been alot worse - wear a helmet, no question, it may look silly but so does a neck brace and a cracked skull and i know which silly i'd rather be...

Anyone know of a helmet that doesn't make you look like a twat? i.e. thin with many air vents.

if you have £100:

or for 80:

GLoud Anyone know of a helmet that doesn't make you look like a twat? i.e. thin with many air vents.

From the Czech republic:
(below) 2006 Catlike Helmet (cheap at prendas.co.uk)

Everyone has their own sense of style..

This has turned into the thread I meant to start.... let's get a good list of helmets.... ones that look cool, are good on the wallet and some which are just down-right mad! I'm going to start wearing a helmet again, and was only today thinking what guys on here wear...

i wear my old and battered mtb helmet