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Forum: Advocacy & Safety

03-23-19, 11:37 AM

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Posted By JoeyBike

No no. I am talking about in a crash! Not every...

No no. I am talking about in a crash! Not every crash causes a head to contact the ground. In fact, MOST minor crashes do not involve head contact. I've crashed about once a year over the past 50...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

02-10-19, 02:46 PM

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Sticky The Helmet Thread 2

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Posted By JoeyBike

The OP of the latest thread (now merged with "The...

The OP of the latest thread (now merged with "The Helmet" thread) stated:Cycle helmet safety - recent study concludes they're a must.

This is where I got the mandatory idea, from the OP headline...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

02-10-19, 01:39 PM

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Sticky The Helmet Thread 2

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Posted By JoeyBike

If a person refuses to ride a bicycle under a...

If a person refuses to ride a bicycle under a mandatory helmet law, then they are 100% safe from a cycling head injury because they are not riding a bike. This use of a helmet, I agree, will do a...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

02-10-19, 01:05 PM

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Sticky The Helmet Thread 2

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Posted By JoeyBike

Well...this IS A&S where anything can be...

Well...this IS A&S where anything can be disputed.

A helmet only increases your safety IF you hit your head just right. And the helmet makes your head substantially LARGER, so you are more likely...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

02-09-19, 11:36 AM

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Sticky The Helmet Thread 2

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Posted By JoeyBike

Do not forget that bike helmets increase the SIZE...

Do not forget that bike helmets increase the SIZE of your HEAD, which makes is substantially more likely that your head will hit the ground in the first place.

What about all of those cyclist...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

02-08-19, 08:08 PM

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Sticky The Helmet Thread 2

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Posted By JoeyBike

No one is arguing that under a very narrow set of...

No one is arguing that under a very narrow set of circumstances a bicycle helmet MIGHT reduce the severity of an injury.

No one is arguing that tobacco use is unhealthy at least and deadly at...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

02-06-15, 11:45 AM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Yeah, you should have seen someone after getting...

Yeah, you should have seen someone after getting knocked out cold. The scalp wound, I would say if you opted to go to work that does not qualify. My thinking when asking the question included the...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

02-05-15, 05:47 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Just out of curiosity...is there anyone here who...

Just out of curiosity...is there anyone here who has ever had a "serious" head injury from taking a fall while cycling and STILL rides bear-headed?

By "serious" I mean an injury that needed at...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-29-15, 03:01 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Same for me. Never felt the need to wear a helmet...

Same for me. Never felt the need to wear a helmet and full leathers with boots to ride my bicycle. I wore a proper cycling hat because it protected my head from sun and would stay put. Then I decided...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-29-15, 12:04 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Uh...you kinda just did.

Uh...you kinda just did.

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-29-15, 10:32 AM

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Posted By JoeyBike

The base issue here on the helmet thread is basic...

The base issue here on the helmet thread is basic human tribalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribalism).

"Tribalism implies the possession of a strong cultural or ethnic identity that...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-28-15, 11:02 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Head injuries from bicycles and motorcycles are...

Head injuries from bicycles and motorcycles are just a fly speck in an ocean of preventable illness beginning with tobacco use, alcohol abuse, and obesity related disease. When all of those...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-27-15, 04:30 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

I'm not in a debate. I am just keeping my typing...

I'm not in a debate. I am just keeping my typing skills sharp between jobs. Mission accomplished.

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-27-15, 03:40 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

What are the odds of a sober adult riding a...

What are the odds of a sober adult riding a Townie at 12mph around the cul-de-sac having a crash AND hitting their head in such a manner that they have brain damage or die? One in a million? One in...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-15-15, 12:03 AM

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Posted By JoeyBike

I started cycling seriously in 1974 no helmet and...

I started cycling seriously in 1974 no helmet and rode like an @zz. I started wearing a helmet full time in 1988 and rode like an @zz. It's 2015, still wearing a helmet and still riding like an @zz....

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-11-15, 01:47 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Just to be clear, I did not mention "illogical"....

Just to be clear, I did not mention "illogical". To me it is a no-brainer (pun intended that time) that even a baseball cap can help protect my skin from scratches. So I believe, with absolutely no...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-11-15, 11:57 AM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Whatever sport I happen to be enjoying, "if"...

Whatever sport I happen to be enjoying, "if" something happens I just want to get up, dust myself off, and continue with my activity. I never feel like getting stitches or even healing up a bunch of...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

01-09-15, 04:31 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

"Smoking is the leading preventable cause of...

"Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States."

"Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. This is about one in five deaths." -CDC...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

12-20-14, 05:29 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Speaking of being really careful and aware, I...

Speaking of being really careful and aware, I just met a guy who has a really nice 3-wheel recumbent "tadpole" trike that he only uses on the local bike path that is flat as a pancake and rides...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

12-20-14, 01:49 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

I don't want any trivial sutures in my scalp. I...

I don't want any trivial sutures in my scalp. I have $6000 deductable and better things to do than visit Instant Care.

But so far, 45 years cycling and skating without my helmet touching Mother...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

12-15-14, 11:59 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Is anyone here claiming that helmets don't...

Is anyone here claiming that helmets don't mitigate injury? I have been peeking in here for years and can't remember seeing anyone make such a claim. I have seen other claims like:

- I'm never...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

12-04-14, 04:29 PM

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Posted By JoeyBike

Welcome to A&S. It's addictive sort of like...

Welcome to A&S. It's addictive sort of like getting lots of tattoos. Yeah, each one hurts and is satisfying for a little while. Then the urge to find an empty patch of skin and ink the same thought...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

11-05-14, 11:02 AM

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Posted By JoeyBike

I have crashed countless times since childhood on...

I have crashed countless times since childhood on bikes, skates, skateboards, horsing around, jumping ramps, holding on to cars, and never once hit my head.

On the other hand, I grew up with two...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

11-04-14, 10:34 AM

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Posted By JoeyBike

+1 I am still car free and bike to work and...

+1

I am still car free and bike to work and other utilitarian purposes ONLY. Sold the last road bike i will ever own a month ago. No more "pleasure" rides or bike tours on the open road or...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

10-24-14, 10:48 AM

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Posted By JoeyBike

I wouldn't assume much of anything on this thread...

I wouldn't assume much of anything on this thread if I were you, but I support YOUR right to make assumptions if you want to!

Oh dear....

That's good for three or four pages of blah, blah,...

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