bassboss

I will buy a helmet after reading this!

bassboss

great info!

patris

Well, I hate wearing and I never wore one for my everyday commute - my excuse was that there was just three road crossings I have to pass.

I recently changed the location where I live and bike (went from city bike to road) and a job as well.
Now it's a longer commute to work on a busy street. Definitely going to buy a helmet soon!

patris

And the info was good - made me change my mind

njjoe

Do you think it's not possible for a car to run into you except at road crossings ?

wphamilton

Good, everyone should have one IMO. The cost is, or could be, trivial - my newest https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00012M5MS was purchased for $20 three years ago. It has served my purposes as well as any other helmet you can buy would have.

No one says that you have to wear it all of the time commuting, or if they do say it they can be ignored without consequence .

mitmitenhp7

I am looking to get a new helmet for the season, and have narrowed it down to two; the Giro Chronicle and the Kali Maya. Does anyone have a recommendation or preference?

pcook489

I've always worn once since riding on the pavement. Seems pretty obvious -- wear one, no big deal. Don't wear one, no big deal, until you get the hospital bill.

exime

What kind of sad little girly man complains about men having chest hair?

SWorksRoubaix

I'm looking at getting this helmet ... any feedback to share?

Thanks.

SWorksRoubaix

Anybody?

350htrr

Any helmet is better than no helmet, when head hits the ground... Probably no helmet, is as good as most people think/hope it is... That is my takeaway from this thread...

wphamilton

This is true, but is it certain that when the head does not hit the ground, that there'd have been no additional risk had you worn a helmet? I don't think that's nailed down yet, although probably the cases where the helmet would help override the chances otherwise. This will depend a lot on individual factors.

350htrr

Well, now... We are talking about a completely "different" thing here, The chances of said head hitting the ground, or what can actually happen when said head actually hits the ground... Well it depends, on a whole lot of different factors... Speed, terrain, inter action with others... Cars, pedestrians dogs, skill, and whatever else you want to think up, (including the circumference/weight) of said helmet,... There's actually people who say wearing a helmet would increases the chance of said head hitting the ground because of (said helmet circumference & weight)... While "mathematically they "may" be correct, in real life that IS a very fine line.IMO

wphamilton

I think it's two sides of the same coin when you're considering helmet use. We cannot rationally consider only one potential situation to the exclusion of other potential situations. You have to consider each scenario, the probable outcomes of each, and weigh the totality.

pcook489

I wear one. Two broken collar bones, yet no brain problems (yet). Wear the freaking helmet.

speculant

I have a huge head so finding a helmet that fits me is always a struggle.

mwalsh5757

I just bought a helmet. On the MUT I ride it appears cyclists wear helmets and indigent people on bicycles do not. Not that I'm a snob or anything.

Barranquilla

I bought a "Thousand" helmet (look it up, its nice) after commuting to school and work for 13 years. I always thought it looked ridiculous but I would feel so stupid if something happened that would have been prevented by a simple helmet.
I got this particular helmet because it looks stylish and it is actually quite useful in the rain.

wphamilton

It does look good, I'd wear that on cooler rain days

I have to admit you expressed here one of the reasons I wear a helmet, when I do wear one. In those stupid news reports, for example a drunk driver crosses two lanes, plows into someone and drags him a block, and they always have to add "the cyclist wasn't wearing a helmet". Not wanting to be held to public ridicule, however ignorant it may be, is a pretty strong motivation.

Currmudge

Horse hockey. Your own pro-helmet bias projected the delusion into that article. It ws pretty even in its content​..

Its a FACT that the efficacy of helmets has been grossly overblown.

Ryan12

I always use helmet, once I have had a bad accident and afterwards I'm really afraid of cars

rameez

Protecting you from harsh weather and increases visibility.

rameez

Obviously, the most important reason for wearing a motorcycle helmet is to avoid the risk of any major head injuries.

surgeonstone

You insist that others that ride with you wear one also. Absurd.