So yep, a new guy here. 60. Haven’t ridden a bike since the 70s (no helmets then) when jumping ramps, hills, dropping the bike going through corner gravel too fast. Never got really hurt, not once. When I ordered bikes for the wife and I last week, ordered helmets too. Why? A few years back, stepped onto black ice in my driveway. Landed square on back of my head. Saw stars, briefly lost consciousness, truly nauseous. Surely concussed. Never want to experience those feelings again, nor do I want the wife to see how that feels.
Luckily when researching helmets along with the bike, I came across the MIPS studies. Had no idea such a thing even existed. Made perfect sense to me since it is very unlikely one will land on the top of their head in a bicycle crash (but surely not impossible). Front, sides or back...very likely. So that’s what we’ll wear.
Now I just need the bike shop to call to say the bikes/helmets are in!