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

Jeez, let it go, proselytizing for the helmeted faith is just making you out to be no better than the any street corner preacher shouting out to the masses.
How many people have you converted/convinced to wearing helmets exactly?

I tried to find out the last time I was in this thread, but it was going to take too long, and too much effort, but I'm pretty sure it would have been 6months to a year ago, and you are still at the same point in time, the same argument, the same discussion. Move on, give it a rest, ride your bike, do something less boring instead, rather than regurgitate the same litany of I'm not telling you to wear a helmet, but you should wear a helmet.

you should wear a helmet though...

if you want.

But you keep repeating yourself which is tedious
and no one here has been anti-helmet
So take a break... Wear your helmet...
Give yourself at least 6 months before you visit here again unless you have something radically different to state

I have never posted in here before as I was always too scared I will get bullied, I know how much people like to argue about the pros and cons etc.
I do wear a helmet, every day. It makes me look stupid, makes me hot in the summer and it makes my hair as flat as a pancake, but it makes me feel more secure. It doesn't make me more careless on the road (I did cycle without it a few times, so I know that). To be frank, I don't really like it (and I would love to wear just my forum cap) but without it I feel strange and I'm always scared that if "something" is going to happen, it's going to happen on this one occasion when my head is not protected. I'm thinking about my husband being angry, my family being upset, blah blah. Lets just say I've got a colourful imagination.

Any way I have met my mate on my way to work this morning. BTW he is a really experienced cyclist. Last night he was riding back home, took a sharp turn, damp cold road, he lost control and ended up on the ground hitting his head on the corner of the curb. I have seen this helmet today, looks pretty badly damaged, in fact I'm sure if it would be his bare head, he would have his temple in pieces. There was no busy traffic involved, no car, no truck or bus, just him, damp road and a second of misjudgement. It could happened to anybody.

I'm not writing this to convert anybody, I believe it is everybody's personal choice and I would never argue about it or judge people's choices, but I've got a feeling that if a few more helmet haters would see my mates helmet, they might have change their minds. Maybe I'm wrong...?
So I think I will continue to wear my helmet and I will more than definitely get hot and annoyed.

Please all the helmet haters be gentle with me, I take all of the negative comments really personally and might get really, really upset. Just saying...

• 1 from a man who had to sit in UCL hospital holding his twin brother's hand as they stitched up his face and jaw (He split his face open from the base of the nose down past his chin). No traffic invovled either, just bad road resurfacing works. His helmet saved his life. I never want to go through that experience again, nor would I wish it on anyone...
  
  

I saw what happened to his helmet. If it was his skull I would be without a very much loved brother right now...

I tried to find out the last time I was in this thread, but it was going to take too long, and too much effort, but I'm pretty sure it would have been 6months to a year ago,

http://www.lfgss.com/post2486795-3504.html

Took 30 seconds to find that out. Click on 'Replies', scroll down.
Top contributors:
Oliver Schick 169
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Tiswas 92
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skydancer 83

Oh the shame:(

Followed by

wiganwill 78
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BringMeMyFix 74
kerley 72
andy.w 72
Dammit 71
Balki 69
TheBrick(Tommy) 62
mdcc_tester 62
Jeez 62

Damm, I will have to work harder.
So here's a bump on the head:-

Helmets 'useless' in major bike accidents, says new study

• 1 from a man who had to sit in UCL hospital holding his twin brother's hand as they stitched up his face and jaw (He split his face open from the base of the nose down past his chin). No traffic invovled either, just bad road resurfacing works. His helmet saved his life. I never want to go through that experience again, nor would I wish it on anyone...
  
  

I saw what happened to his helmet. If it was his skull I would be without a very much loved brother right now...

I'm sorry to hear that DT, I hope he will be ok!

Damm, I will have to work harder.
So here's a bump on the head:-

Helmets 'useless' in major bike accidents, says new study

His team pointed to evidence in Australia where 80 per cent of cyclists killed or seriously injured were wearing helmets.

And I'll bet 99.5% of all motorcyclists killed or seriously injured in major bike accidents were wearing helmets too.

Seriously, anyone who needs to be told that if a car hits you at 80 mph or you are crushed by a lorry, then 10" of plastic ain't gonna help, shouldn't be allowed to breath oxygen let alone comment on bike helmets.

You'd be surprised how many people believe such things ...

And I'll bet 99.5% of all motorcyclists killed or seriously injured in major bike accidents were wearing helmets too.

Any fatality is a major accident.
Motorcyclists die of spinal and organ damage these days, their heads are usually intact.
They go much faster too, all the comforting security of a modern motorbike helmet makes high speed physically sustainable. Which of course does nothing to alleviate the risk of riding a motorcycle. Despite 99% helmet use it is the most dangerous way to travel.

I was thinking about a novel new speed limiting technique this morning.
In a nutshell, the groundbreaking "Milwaukee system" is as follows:
There are no environmental controls in the vehicle, and the windows are sealed shut.
GPS based speed monitoring is linked to the heating system- running above the speed limit is linked logarithmicaly to thecabin temperature of the vehicle.
This feedback loop mimics the effect of wearing an unsuitably warm top when cycling- an effective method of slowing a cyclist down.
You could apply this to motorcyclists by use of a set of leathers that are plumbed into the heat control system of the bike- rather like the environmental control systems found in space suits.
Plus a GPS controller in their helmet.

Interesting idea
So people who have a high tolerance/enjoyment of heat will tend to drive faster?

Ah but my car's a convertible. I guess it'd be like unzipping the under arm vents for me.

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(Will subscribe when I get to 100- in fact perhaps we could ask velocio to cap the number of posts allowed on this thread)

But you keep repeating yourself which is tedious
and no one here has been anti-helmet
So take a break... Wear your helmet...
Give yourself at least 6 months before you visit here again unless you have something radically different to state

Maybe you should walk away too then?

I'm embracing the circularity of it all, except that my head is more oval than circle, so I'm more Specialized/Giro than Catlike.

You are right!
Need advice to deal with the helmet threat addiction
just for today>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

You are right!
Need advice to deal with the helmet threat addiction
just for today>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

So you see them as a threat. Interesting…

Freudian slip?

yeah, he's fine now (apart from a godawful scar). It happened two years ago. He had to have reconstructive surgery on his face, was wired up and had about four of his teeth pulled out and replaced. it was not pretty. I was tempted to upload the picture he put on facebook (but then I remember we forced him to take it down because it was upsetting small children). Whatever, from then on I have always worn my tw@t-hat...

Next I'll be told not to wear a seatbelt whilst driving...

Freudian slip?

Freud was obsessed with helmets; which is just as well, given the likelihood of slips.