LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
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London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Peter C is right - for TfL it's about getting 'normal' people out on bikes.
Personally i do wear a helmet and have also kept one of my husband's, from when he came off on the Mall - popped out of his spds at about 25mph, no cars, no one's fault - and the helmet has a whacking great crack down the middle. They are suprisingly brittle front-to-back (latitudanally? can't spell) rather than side to side, and I have heard of them snapping in bike bags when lugged around by baggage handlers at airports.
But I would rather the helmet had a crack in than my lovely husband's head.
Is there anywhere here I can go on about people wearing earphones on commutes? I need to rant but am new to the forum...