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July 20, 2015 at 4:18 pm #24466
Just seen Geraint Thomas smack his head on a telegraph post doing about 30mph. Do you think he would have been able to continue the race had he not been wearing a helmet ?
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kwi wrote:Batchy
kwi wrote:Batchy wrote:Actually the question that I originally posted really required just two simple answers YES or NO. Fancy that it should create such a stir !
You forgot ‘Maybe’ because we’ll never know, helmet certainly didn’t look damaged in the post race interview, which it would of been had it done its job as designed.
Actually his helmet was dented. This was shown on the ITV 4 Highlights last night .kwi
Batchy wrote:Actually the
Batchy wrote:Actually the question that I originally posted really required just two simple answers YES or NO. Fancy that it should create such a stir !
You forgot ‘Maybe’ because we’ll never know, helmet certainly didn’t look damaged in the post race interview, which it would of been had it done its job as designed.Actually the question that I
Actually the question that I originally posted really required just two simple answers YES or NO. Fancy that it should create such a stir !atgni
Post = comment; see just
Post = comment; see just above where you type. (|:Perhaps someone of the ‘it didn’t help’ side could volunteer to recreate without a helmet just to prove their point.
PS can’t believe (thankful) he didn’t suffer neck, shoulder or back injuries myself given the overall impact / landing.
Batchy wrote:crikey wrote:But
Batchy wrote:crikey wrote:But you did make a post on another thread commenting on the Geraint Thomas crash and referring to the use of a helmet, right?Here it is:
“Well thankfully G WAS wearing a HELMET !”
i.e., this was your second post making reference to the G crash and the use of helmets…
So do give over, there’s a good chap.
Yes it was me and thankfully G was wearing a helmet ! This was a comment to a similar story posted by someone else.
By the way, I also think that Sky are doing a brilliant job at TdF. This IMO is down to marginal gains and bloody hard graft. Though other people out there may be more cynical but there again that will be their opinion. I reckon also that the boffins at KASK will be feeling very smug today !crikey
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crikey wrote:But you did make
crikey wrote:But you did make a post on another thread commenting on the Geraint Thomas crash and referring to the use of a helmet, right?Here it is:
“Well thankfully G WAS wearing a HELMET !”
i.e., this was your second post making reference to the G crash and the use of helmets…
So do give over, there’s a good chap.
Yes it was me and thankfully G was wearing a helmet ! This was a comment to a similar story posted by someone else.Not you?
It has your name
Not you?
It has your name under it, so it was either you or your mum.farrell
Must be Mad wrote:Quote:I
Must be Mad wrote:I genuinely have NEVER seen anything written from that perspective. People are anti-compulsion, not anti-choice.
Try reading any of the many, many helmet debated on here! Plenty of people who scorn the very notion that a helmet might provide any help whatsoever.I disagree. What does come up very often is people saying that other people are anti-helmet and then someone else says ‘No, people are anti-compulsion’ to which someone replies with ‘No, lots of people on here are completely anti-helmet’.
Then someone has to chime in saying that they disagree and have to point out that what does come up very often is people saying that other people are anti-helmet and then someone else says ‘No, people are anti-compulsion’ to which someone replies with ‘No, lots of people on here are completely anti-helmet’.
Then someone has to chime in saying that they disagree and have to point out that what does come up very often is people saying that other people are anti-helmet and then someone else says ‘No, people are anti-compulsion’ to which someone replies with ‘No, lots of people on here are completely anti-helmet’.
Then someone has to chime in saying that they disagree and have to point out that what does come up very often is people saying that other people are anti-helmet and then someone else says ‘No, people are anti-compulsion’ to which someone replies with ‘No, lots of people on here are completely anti-helmet’.
Then someone has to chime in saying that they disagree and have to point out that what does come up very often is people saying that other people are anti-helmet and then someone else says ‘No, people are anti-compulsion’ to which someone replies with ‘No, lots of people on here are completely anti-helmet’.
Make the madness stop…
Another attempt at a helmet
Another attempt at a helmet debate…Good job they’re made of polystyrene; they should help you float when you get in the sea…
Must be Mad
Quote:I genuinely have NEVER
I genuinely have NEVER seen anything written from that perspective. People are anti-compulsion, not anti-choice.
Try reading any of the many, many helmet debated on here! Plenty of people who scorn the very notion that a helmet might provide any help whatsoever.teaboy
bikeboy76 wrote:Some of the
bikeboy76 wrote:Some of the anti-helmet-at-any-cost people…8}
I genuinely have NEVER seen anything written from that perspective. People are anti-compulsion, not anti-choice.
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Each camp to there own, live
Each camp to there own, live and let live and all that………………….. but I know when I replace my helmet, I’m gonna buy a Kask.Leviathan
700c wrote:To answer the OP,
700c wrote:To answer the OP, the helmet probably helped, but we’d never know for sure, as I doubt he’ll be wanting to repeat the ‘off’ without one for comparison purposes!Either way, you won’t convince anyone on here who’s avidly pro or anti, if the past ten thousand odd posts on the subject are anything to go by!!
Probably, yes. This is the difference between anecdotal evidence and empirical evidence. Anecdotal evidence is still evidence given we cannot do the empirical experiments required to prove beyond doubt the efficacy of helmets; unless anyone wants to volunteer have their head dropped onto concrete?
Meanwhile I doubt GT would doubt that wearing one was a better idea than not in this case. Some of the anti-helmet-at-any-cost people do sound rather rabid at times with the level of evidence they demand, when they know that it does not and cannot exist. What better proof than to see GT ONLY lost 35s today.Quince
“Do you think he would have
“Do you think he would have been able to continue the race had he not been wearing a helmet ?”I don’t know, but seeing as no-one seems to be campaigning to get rid of helmets in pro racing, it doesn’t seem like a very pressing issue…
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