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

Unfortunately not all Neonazis are that stupid.
Also someone could have told him.

This just popped up as a FB ad. Rather than skim the last few pages on here, just gonna ask. Is this for real ??

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Is this for real ?

"is designed to..." is code for "fingers crossed, but we haven't actually tested it yet"

Expect it to look very different and be at least 6 months late after they have completely redesigned it after it fails certification tests, assuming that they don't go bankrupt first.

Also, 'meets cycling safety standards' (whether US or otherwise) has at very best only the loosest of relationships with 'will actually provide any degree of protection in a real-world situation'.

Speaking of unrealistic tests...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnBrV4XukHc&t=0s

This one came up a while ago. Received some shit for using some very dubious stats https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/128549/?offset=6875#14433517

I imagine it will also look shit

Bloke who cycles head first into tractors is anxious to impart road safety advice:

https://road.cc/content/news/260218-new-forest-cyclist-unscathed-after-crashing-tractor-bucket-descent

Statements in the tweets are amazing.

It's like saying "This umbrella stopped me from getting soaked," while simultaneously being surprised at how little rain is on the umbrella.

It just deflects the rain, just like a helmet deflects the damage. Capisce? :)

Local club generally very upset with BBC/Boardman at the weekend.

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Top lad.

No mention that he appears to be on the wrong side of the road though? #alwaysthehelmet

Heros.

I don't understand why a lots of cycling clubs now insist on wearing helmets, some club actually forbid their members to ride without it for insurance purpose on a club ride.

I don't understand why a lots of cycling clubs now insist on wearing helmets

I reckon

insurance purpose on a club ride

for insurance purpose

^{[citation needed]}
If anybody tells you to wear a helmet "for insurance" in an event they're organising, ask to see the policy.

Local club generally very upset with BBC/Boardman

Well, he was riding slowly on a road closed to motor traffic, the one situation for which helmets are tested and approved.

If anybody tells you to wear a helmet "for insurance".

Isington Cycle Club, for instance, required it for all club ride, which I am told by them that it's due to insurance.

I am told by them that it's due to insurance.

And I'm calling bullshit. Make them prove that their insurer makes their cover contingent on insisting that people do something not required by either national laws or governing body regulations.

Here's mine:-

https://www.windmilers.org.uk/Cycling.html

... Helmets and spare inner tubes are mandatory.

They don't say "because insurance" on the site but it's the reason I've been given when I've asked before on the Whatsapp group.

(Spare inner tubes are not a legal requirement either...)

Given my Audax experience they keep asking me if I've considered joining their club runs, I keep declining as they require helmets.

Either way I'm not joining them so didn't bother to chase it up.

I think one of the big turning points came when pros were forced to wear them. This was following Kivilev's death. Since then, all images of pros on bikes in races (except some TTs) have been with helmets on. As club riders look up to pros, that kind of settled it in that world, although there had, of course, always been club riders before who insisted on helmets.

Sustrans have updated (slightly) their helmet policy:-

https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/policy-positions/all/all/our-position-on-the-use-of-cycle-helmets/

tl;dr:-

We believe that it is a personal choice whether to wear a cycle helmet or not, and for parents to make that choice for their children.