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

I agree with that sentiment actually. Not being proficient enough to question any of the research, but the website reads like something people write up when they passionately argue for intelligent design. It's just trying to hard, and doesn't come across as impartial. Hence quoting cyclehelmets.org as resource for no helmet use actually does the opposite: It makes me go "yeah right" and keep the lid on.

I'm with Dammit on this. Extra insurance. I did kiss the tarmac once, and that never happened when I was walking. Also I'm clipped in, it might be slippery, potholes, whatever. I'm not thinking that a helmet might prevent all injury in a car accident, though.

AN important distinction to keep in mind is that the 'helmet controversy' is not about you wearing or not wearing your helmet. It's about whether compulsory helmet-wearing should be introduced as a population-wide public health intervention.

It's actually quite an unemotional matter, and the way the research is presented doesn't make an attempt to try and address your own feelings about your own helmet-wearing--which is why you may feel emotionally disconnected from it. Try reading some of the stuff on the site again with that in mind.

The problem that we still face is that helmet compulsion may be introduced for everyone, for a not very risky activity that results in comparatively few head injuries, with the effects of compulsion at a population level, where it's been tested, far from convincing, to say the least.