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

Death is likely with a fall of just 18 inches onto your head. If you don't wear a lid, you do not deserve first aid or national health to pick up the pieces.

Silly, silly boy...

Originally Posted by whitestuffracer
*Death is likely with a fall of just 18 inches onto your head. If you don't wear a lid, you do not deserve first aid or national health to pick up the pieces.

you die when you have to die, nothing to do with helmets!
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Death is likely with a fall of just 18 inches onto your head. If you don't wear a lid, you do not deserve first aid or national health to pick up the pieces.

Is your skull made of paper-mache or something?

whitestuffracer = most successful troll post I've seen on here, hm, all year, really.

I still love the old padded leather stripped track helmets that used to be worn.I suppose they're not available anymore.

I still love the old padded leather stripped track helmets that used to be worn.I suppose they're not available anymore.

Ask coppiThat ...

If anyone is wondering how this thread has got so big, it's because anything that resembles a bikeradar helmet debate gets merged into this thread

I still love the old padded leather stripped track helmets that used to be worn.I suppose they're not available anymore.

There was one on eBay recently but IIRC it was in hideous black patent leather and went for silly money.

I still love the old padded leather stripped track helmets that used to be worn.I suppose they're not available anymore.

These helmets are just bad news. You are better of wearing nothing on your head, don't be a hipster and just get a proper fitting modern helmet. They provide no impact protection and anecdotally cause serious neck injuries.

got a text today about the peckham crash, prompted me to wear my helmet for the first time in a week or so, even in the heat...
as this will help you when you get run over by a truck??

Maybe we should start a "Wear a talisman thread"?

If anyone is wondering how this thread has got so big, it's because anything that resembles a bikeradar helmet debate gets merged into this thread

Awesome.

Tried to rep you. It's your own damn fault I couldn't.

whitestuffracer = most successful troll post I've seen on here, hm, all year, really.

He is kind of correct, but you would need to land on something rather pointy and hit the very thinnest part of your skull. Then again a fall of 18" onto a metal spike could also cause death if it punctured your chest, abdomen or groin area.

I have not found any research papers that suggest wearing helmets increases the risk of brain damage in accident with a majority of published studies suggesting there is a decreases in the risk and severity of such injuries. All the studies that argue against helmet legislation are based on the assumption that a large percentage of cyclists stop riding when helmet legislation is introduced and the associated health impacts from these people stopping riding outway the benefits of helmet usage. However in all these cases the pre-legislation helmet usage rate is 0-10%, while in Briton at the moment it is closer to 60% (anecdotal) and rapidly increasing.

You just need to see all the new cyclists on the roads this summer with new bikes, fluro nodder tops and shiny new helmets to realise that helmet usage is on the rise in this country despite helmets not being a legal requirement. The arguments that compulsory helmet legislation have a huge impact on cycle usage rates become invalid when the majority of cyclists use helmets already depite not being legally required to.

I'm affraid to say Oliver, but the pro-helmet scare monger campaign has worked, people now assocaite riding bikes with wearing helmets. Kids learning to ride for the first time, and adults starting to commute by bicycle will almost invariably wear helmets. Helmet usage legislation is not really required here as the pro-helmet education campaigns have been so successful that helmet usage in this country is approaching that of countries like Australia and Canada were helmets are compulsorary.

Now if only Evans could sell cycling skills, bike maintenance techniques and road confidence we might have some more decent cyclists on the roads.

Now if only Evans could sell cycling skills, bike maintenance techniques and road confidence we might have some more decent cyclists on the roads.

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:

Maybe we should start a "Wear a talisman thread"?

I already ride a talisman, do I need a pendant aswell?
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/5473.html

^ Do you think they do adult sizes?

Ha! Reminds me of the statistic that you can drown in just one tablespoon of water. Freaked me right out as a kid, then learned that the technical definition of drown doesn't always mean death, it just means water in the lungs.

Totally off topic, but it just goes to show....er....something.

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

Yes, but I reckon a puddle is more than one tablespoon of water big. I mean, to be a puddle.

How many tablespoons is it until it is officially a puddle?

20? 30?

Ask coppiThat ...

He was wearing an army helmet with plus-fours last night.....

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddle

There we go, the answer is:*

A puddle is generally considered to be small enough to step over or shallow enough to walk through, and too small to traverse with a boat, raft or submarine.
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Sadly no definition of volume or what unit to measure it in.

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I think it is interesting to see the rise in helmet wearing in skiing / boarding - :

Defo a massive increase in helmet use on the slopes. I'm starting to feel embarassed not having one myself. Especially as I'm a pretty unskillful and reackless boarder :S