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

Likewise! Some cognitive dissonance going on there.

First came across it via a link from an article in The Guardian about a week ago. Am personally pleased to see that it hasn't had many people sign it since then.

I'm quite certain that this is the right place to put this:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/11/germs-are-not-real-fox-news-host-pete-hegseth

Long read, similar ground covered:

https://twitter.com/EnduranceCoach/status/1097863846948163587?s=19

You know, I think I might start regularly posting a picture of my uninjured head with the caption "no head injury suffered whilst cycling again today despite not wearing a helmet"

But life being what it is, I'd probably go under a bus the day after.

life being what it is, I'd probably go under a bus the day after

And die from massive internal injuries, from which a helmet could not have saved you.

And die from massive internal injuries, from which a helmet could not have saved you.

Yeah, but you know the reports would say "brokenbetty, who was not wearing a helmet, died from massive internal injuries"

“Previously unbroken Betty who was not wearing a helmet...”

tl;dr

i crashed once - bike went out from under me sideways on a wet manhole cover. my head slapped the ground - if i hadn't been wearing a helmet it would have hurt.
all the 'evidence' i need to remind me to wear one.

Would your head have even hit the ground if you didn’t have the extra inch or helmet material surrounding it?

TLDR: a crash with or without a helmet is not proof one way or the other

(I always wear one, just playing devil’s advocate)

Would your head have even hit the ground if you didn’t have the extra inch or helmet material surrounding it?

Never seen cock size invoked in the helmet debate before!

I crashed once, the day after spending £150 on a new helmet. My pump fell off my bike and somehow jammed in my front wheel. I head butted the ground and sustained two deep gashes above my left eye.
Happily I had left my helmet at home, and it was undamaged, saving me £150!

at the time it felt like it would have hit quite hard but now you're making me question everything

Personhole, please.

My mate wore a helmet and he became an alcoholic and his missus left him.

That's all the evidence I need

German minister for transport has a new helmet campaign. Its great.

I did something similar. My face skin grew back, I don't think the helmet would have fixed itself.

I also saved the Tube fare from home to the Oval and back.

Maybe we should write in to Money Saving Expert

Got hit by a car last night, really glad I wasn't wearing a helmet, might've hit my head if I was.

Has helmet advocacy just jumped the shark?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/24/german-bike-safety-ad-featuring-model-in-bra-and-helmet-sexist

That might be true.
But Scheuer and his Pr guy will probably go like: The campaign is so good, it will even save British teenagers!

I doubt they understand any of it.

Scheuer will have been lobbied by the helmet and road safety industry/-ies. The latter acts as a fig leaf for the former.

Without the small print, it might be a euphemistic safer-sex promo

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If the helmets were pointy, it could be triathlon in the 90s all over again

You mean like this?