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@RuffStuff
I got a lid about a week ago, i was 50 50 for a while, but i am spending a stupid amount of time riding and mostly in the dark, get clipped at least once a week, passed with mm's to spare, my average speeds almost doubled and I have got the baby one for his balance bike, kind of show and he'll follow.
I am used to wearing helmet's from riding motorbike's but I still can't get used to looking like I have a shiny bell end on top of my head.
I'd like to think, knowing the idiots around here, it'll lessen the going through a windscreen backwards impact and also stop me cracking my head on railing's when I have spd fail.
I am realistic in that if i get head on'd I am pretty much mushed, I got head injuries through a £400 AGV helmet made of carbon and all sort's of shit, this is just going to take certain impacts, I,e into a car that's slowed and turned kind of thing, not a say 30 mph sprint with a car turning into you at 35.
That's my take on it, I feel a little safer wearing it, in some circumstances it restricts view a little, keeps my head warmer than id like but its only budget, has a light on the adjuster so I am a little more visible, may lessen an injury, may not.
I've chosen to wear one for my own reasons, mainly cos i've got a little boy, 30 years without one but I now live in the worst place to be on the road in the country, no cnut knows how to drive here (worked all over the country and driven all over the world).
I do however look like a cock in it.