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

Hmmm. No one seems forthcoming on the definition of a puddle.

I'm all in a muddle about this.

It is befuddling.

if you are unconscious you can die face down in a poodle

fixed

This is true.

I think it is interesting to see the rise in helmet wearing in skiing / boarding - especially those who just cruise about, not just those who are doing tricks 'n' shit. Not sure what my point is, though - maybe it reflects a general societal view of taking more precautions following years of 'health and safety gone mad' stuff.

Same on bikes, perhaps.

Though it ends up with people actually buying crap like this:

My three year old nephew needs one of those, he's banged the same part of his head so many times that the skull is starting to calcify at that spot

sadly the Uk supplier for the Laser above doesn't stock the model with the lights yet. :(

You know a single-LED Knog will fit on the back of a regular helmet right?

they got the smokers, they got the drinkers in the park and they will get the cyclists who dont want to wear a helmet because the silent majority always get beaten by the vocal minority.After 20 years without a helmet my brain is still in my unsplit head.you are of course too stupid to decide for yourself, compulsary reflective vests anyone??

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+1

My guess is that the consumer age pushes people towards the kit they need,
therefore whatever your sport/activity having the kit becomes part of defining who they are to newbie 'serious' riders, its called social construction, the person feels part of the whole cycling thing by looking the same as others, regardless of whether they are clued up about argumenst for and against helmet use.

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Oh so they are sheople ... explains it.

I know an actuary that rides to work without wearing a helmet.

An actuary's job is to predict the future. One certainty of an actuary's forecast is that it is wrong.

if you are unconscious you can die face down in a poodle

But what a way to go.

gazes into distance

they got the smokers, they got the drinkers in the park and they will get the cyclists who dont want to wear a helmet because the silent majority always get beaten by the vocal minority.After 20 years without a helmet my brain is still in my unsplit head.you are of course too stupid to decide for yourself, compulsary reflective vests anyone??

I don't get it. WTF are you talking about? Smoking indoors was banned due to very clear health risks backed up by a miriad of Scientists and whatnot (yeah the atmosphere in pubs changed but would anyone really want to go back to smokey pubs except a few smokers?). Is drinking in parks actually illegal?
Helmet wearing is now and will continue to be voluntary. So what if more ppl are wearing them, doesn't mean you have to. As far as I know nobody is telling you you should wear one and nobody is saying it should be a legal requirement. So wtf is your point? Do you not like the fact that other ppl are wearing them?

Also as this thread shows the silent majority are most likely the pro-helmet lobby as the anti-helmet lobby bang on about it way more than any pro-helmet person I've ever met. In terms of actual cyclists. Pro-helmet non-cyclists are mostly clueless nutters.

for the record I'm pro helmet but I'm only pro me wearing a helmet, the rest of you I couldn't give a fuck about what you wear or don't wear on your head when riding a bike, plus I'm quite sure most of you can decide for yourselves (mostly).

Also as this thread shows the silent majority are most likely the pro-helmet lobby

That's the thing with the silent majority. Its so hard to tell what they are thinking. Maybe if they would speak up a little...

obviously something like this is required:

YouTube - Wear A Helmet (Australian ad) 1984

well thats convinced me

That ad should be titled 'Don't follow the paedo back to his house after he's slipped hallucinogens into your Pepsi'

Rohypnol - you snooze, you lose.

ha, I remember that ad. I even had one of those yellow buckets. But then I did hit my head all the time... still do.

I wear a helmet 98% of the time. I have not actually ever hit my head in a stack but I'd rather not chance it. If only you could stop the wrists breaking though. Done both sides twice and they never heal properly.

No one looks cool in a lid. but then no one looks cool with a patchy thin mustache but thats not stopping anyone right now

Was that Molly again? Shit.. twice on the forum in a week? Time to start a cull of the Aussies..

Oh fuck it

I have been ran over twice, no head injuries that are worth writing home about. Maybe I am a tough motherfucker and don't know it, maybe I am lucky who the fuck knows.

But the most fucked up part of my body from most experiences is the fucked up fingers and right shoulder that is a bit fucked.

But If I can survive being ran over twice it kinda makes me question their worth or maybe I have a thick skull.

Its not just the helmet stops you dieing. its stops you peeling the top off your head as you slide along the road. something ive been glad to avoid. also - its not always down to being hit - bike malfunction can drop you unexpectedly. (and hippy - i didnt dredge this up, someone else did. anyway. youd never find me)

I can find anyone..

But you're safe. I don't mind if helmet shit goes in an existing helmet thread. I just hate it when noobs start new threads when there's 20 other threads on the same topic.

I can find anyone..

But you're safe. I don't mind if helmet shit goes in an existing helmet thread. I just hate it when noobs start new threads when I've already started 20 other threads on the same topic.

Grandfather rights FTW.

*http://poetry.rotten.com/all-kings-horses/

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  motorbike accident with a guy not wearing a helmet, ouch!
  
  

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ha, I remember that ad.

Me too. I always cycled to school without a helmet. No one wore one. Then when the law was enforced, everyone suddenly turned up with one on. Seriously weird. Except one kid who wore one of those styrofoam eskies on his head and he was fined $50 (or rather his parents were) by cops who were busting people around school that day. It was a hell of an incentive to wear a skid lid.