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

I'm encouraging people to realise that you don't need to wear a helmets to be safe.

Also, the best way to teach children how to ride a bike properly is to let them make risk assessment, during the skyride loop, I saw a kid nearly went over the handlebar and got what left of his testicle slammed on the top tube, he's fine though.

He won't be trying that again in a hurry that's for sure.

Someone has already mentioned the adviseability of wearing a cricket box. In fact, the perfect cycle suit would be: http://www.editinternational.com/images/gallery/bikers2_low.jpg