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  • October 18, 2012 at 12:41 pm #17069
    Baldy1alex

    Mandatory Helmet use or Not What do Ya think
    personaly i Hate the things other than if raceing, where it makes sense me thinks !! 😕

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  • March 8, 2013 at 12:22 am #704119
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    hotweathercyclist

    Just use… nothing says you
    Just use… nothing says you look cool when your getting stitched up or worse. i used to hate to wear one, now its just the normal for me

    March 7, 2013 at 6:44 pm #704117
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    Littlesox

    Boring
    Boring

    March 7, 2013 at 5:50 pm #704115
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    andyp

    Thanks for the name. Would be
    Thanks for the name. Would be interesting to see if he would agree with your claim. Doctors tend not to deal in guesswork. I suspect that as a professional he probably said something quite different.

    March 7, 2013 at 5:26 pm #704113
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    foxyloxy

    All i know is what i was told
    All i know is what i was told by MR.S.K.Barri at KMH Hospital,and team members who said that I had come off doing over 30 mph,so i,ll leave with it with you,Andyp. (|:

    March 7, 2013 at 4:58 pm #704111
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    MattT53

    It’s just a personal choice.
    It’s just a personal choice. Though I don’t see any reasonable reason not to wear one. I think wearing a helmet looks better too, what else would you match to your oakleys to otherwise?!

    More seriously, it might not save you in a collision with a car (but hey, the very fact that it *might* in some cases help should be persuasive enough) but it sure will save you some nasty road rash on you face if you go down sideways. But yeah it’s down to you to decide

    March 7, 2013 at 4:40 pm #704109
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    giff77

    If we truly want to encourage
    If we truly want to encourage the masses to cycle everywhere. Drastic changes need to happen to the infrastructure in our cities and to the mindset of many motorists. To say ‘wear hi viz and a helmet and everthing will be alright’ is just planin daft. Those living in other European countries must be really bemused when we pull on our protective garb to cycle the half mile to the shops. Competing/training by all means. Anything else forget it.

    When I drive, I adjust my driving to suit the elements and to what traffic is on the road. Maybe I am fortunate that this is whaat my dad hammered home to me when learning. It’s a shame that the instructors out there couldn’t do the same.

    March 7, 2013 at 2:42 pm #704107
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    drfabulous0

    I remember a quote from an MP
    I remember a quote from an MP saying that she had seen the BMX at the Olympics and all the riders wore one, ergo all cyclists should. Well I watch F1 and all the drivers wear a helmet…..

    Personally I always wear one for cycling, but never for just riding a bike.

    March 7, 2013 at 2:39 pm #704105
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    andyp

    You don’t know that, you’re
    You don’t know that, you’re guessing.

    March 7, 2013 at 2:29 pm #704103
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    foxyloxy

    All I can say is,if you dont
    All I can say is,if you dont wear one,then you deserve what happens when you come off.I,ve been off loads of times,but usually managed to get up and carry on,this last time I know if no helmet,I would not be hear now!! 😉

    March 7, 2013 at 2:19 pm #704101
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    andyp

    ‘wear-one-if-you-want-to’
    exa
    ‘wear-one-if-you-want-to’
    exactly. Pro-helmet, but pro-choice. That’s all there is to it.

    March 7, 2013 at 2:14 pm #704099
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    foxyloxy

    Last july 2012,I crashed
    Last july 2012,I crashed 1/2mile from the end of a 25 mile tt,it was my first major prang in 56 years of cycling and racing.I had a brain scan whilst still unconcious,to see if I had a stroke,fortunately not,I had a broken left collar bone,and the left hand side of my Giro TT helmet was completely smashed,and had cut into the side of my head.Any cyclist who rides these days without an Excelent helmet,needs a brain scan,to see if he or she has one,WEAR A HELMET!!! 😉

    February 6, 2013 at 9:56 pm #704097
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    TheHatter

    strange that this has never
    strange that this has never been discussed before… 😕

    February 6, 2013 at 9:48 pm #704095
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    Dutchie

    harragan wrote:Perhaps

    harragan wrote:
    Perhaps cycling leathers could be the next thing.

    I don’t think full body protection will be feasible any time soon, but how about something to protect your collarbone?

    January 31, 2013 at 9:41 pm #704093
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    HarryTrauts

    notfastenough wrote:Ooh yeah,

    notfastenough wrote:
    Ooh yeah, let’s have a helmet debate again. Not seen one of these in a while.

    It’s not much of a debate really. Opinions seem polarized. I suppose I fall in the wear-one-if-you-want-to camp. No one is forcing anyone (at the moment) and it doesn’t seem on the cards any time soon, although it has been talked about since helmets came on the scene back in the 80s.

    I do wear one as I’ve got used to wearing a helmet and now feel undressed without one. I’m realistic about the protection it would offer if I were to get side-swiped by a car. That helmet might save my life if I land on my head but it’ll do nothing if I end up under an oncoming vehicle.

    My motorbike riding friends can’t understand how I can travel at relatively high speeds wearing thin Lycra and not worry about taking most of my skin off if I fall. Perhaps cycling leathers could be the next thing.

    November 26, 2012 at 10:42 am #704091
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    notfastenough

    Ooh yeah, let’s have a helmet
    Ooh yeah, let’s have a helmet debate again. Not seen one of these in a while.

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