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

Oh for fuck's sake, this shit pisses me off.

Why do people like Wiggins and Cav give the slightest fuck anyway? What the fuck are they doing making statements saying not only should everyone wear a helmet all the time but that it should be the law?!? What difference does it make to them anyway?

And headphone use? What has that got to do with anything anyway? I often ride with headphones, and I'd say it probably makes less of an effect on my ability to receive useful sensory information than wearing tinted glasses.

I mean seriously, where the fuck are they coming from? They see some oik wobbling about on a BSO paying no attention and notice they have headphones in and assume that is the cause of their poor riding, rather than their general twattishness?

What is their angle here?

Let me start that I don't think earphones should be banned otherwise Ed Scoble must be banned, too. But I must ask: I've found myself riding and have for whatever reason had to call/shout to the person riding in my vicinity rockin Dr Dre Beats like a moody footballer in their own world (maybe because I wanted to pass them or they were about to swerve into my path or something) but they couldn't hear a word I said. How do you justify this as sensible?

I don't mind headphones but I'm yet to see any of the wearers ever substitute their loss of sense by looking around them even more. Kinda grates me.