Was anyone even wearing a helmet in the 1980's?
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"It's for your safety".
How many times have we heard that before as personal Liberty is constrained to some further degree, usually coinciding with some form of lightening of the wallet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6EzXTQC-Tw
How many times have we heard that before as personal Liberty is constrained to some further degree, usually coinciding with some form of lightening of the wallet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6EzXTQC-Tw
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I'm in the slow learner camp when it comes to helmets. Playing Middle League baseball back in the 50's, I was beaned by a young Joey Moeller but only concussed thanks to one of these Spalding helmets.
I made my kids wear bike helmets in the 70's but only got my own in the mid 90's. Since then I've had a couple crashes which would have ended badly without the helmet. Don
I made my kids wear bike helmets in the 70's but only got my own in the mid 90's. Since then I've had a couple crashes which would have ended badly without the helmet. Don
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I took a bike class in community college, easy way to satisfy my phys-ed credit. Learned absolutely nothing I didn't already know, the class taught zero, just had group rides I think once a week. BUT, they required a helmet. I never thought to use one before then but went and bought one, not cheap, circa 1983 or 84 it was $60? Hard to remember. It was a Bell, I think their second generation, thick hard plastic shell over styrofoam, had more vents than the hood on a hemi 'Cuda, plus racy stripes, and a detacheable dark smoke gray visor. On one of those rides in an unfamilar area, I can't recall why but took a minor tumble toward the curb, hit my head lightly but was glad I had the helmet. Never again biked without one. Used that for many years until inside open cell foam had compressed and too big a fit so bought a new helmet, thin shell. But first time snowboarding I caught the heelside edge and went down hard, head hitting hard on the hardpack snow, saw stars but ok, but from then on I wore that Bell helmet when boarding or skiing, it fit perfectly over a hat or fleece mask. Next time I went down I left a big divot in the snow but my head was fine. I still have that helmet deep in storage. 2nd helmet, the thin shell, cracked when I took a hard fall, was unconscious for a few seconds (should have gone to hospital but didn't, but took it easy for a couple days and was fine), I'm sure it saved me from very serious injury or death. Promptly bought an excellent new helmet for $15 clearance on Nashbar, excellent one, just not latest and greatest, I'm still using that one, seven years on now. I also always use a bike helmet when in-line-skating, along with knee and elbow pads.
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In the early 2000's a friend's wife died, literally "just riding along" (witnessed by her husband). She fell at a slow speed, no collision, and died. She was wearing a helmet.
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I'm in the slow learner camp when it comes to helmets. Playing Middle League baseball back in the 50's, I was beaned by a young Joey Moeller but only concussed thanks to one of these Spalding helmets.
I made my kids wear bike helmets in the 70's but only got my own in the mid 90's. Since then I've had a couple crashes which would have ended badly without the helmet. Don
I made my kids wear bike helmets in the 70's but only got my own in the mid 90's. Since then I've had a couple crashes which would have ended badly without the helmet. Don
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Sh t happens.
A friend and fellow racer was warming up for a training ride when he crashed, on loose gravel, at low speed. He was wearing his helmet. He fell just "wrong" and damaged his brain stem. He was never the same.
Bad stuff happens even when every precaution is taken.
It's awful and we often don't understand it so we give it all sorts of reasons to try to explain it.
I've crashed enough times to be grateful for my helmet and also for luck or karma or ??? that I've survived them all.
A friend and fellow racer was warming up for a training ride when he crashed, on loose gravel, at low speed. He was wearing his helmet. He fell just "wrong" and damaged his brain stem. He was never the same.
Bad stuff happens even when every precaution is taken.
It's awful and we often don't understand it so we give it all sorts of reasons to try to explain it.
I've crashed enough times to be grateful for my helmet and also for luck or karma or ??? that I've survived them all.
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Of course it's true. You're already paying for life support of people who engaged in risky behaviors; cycling without a helmet (or cycling with one, as evidenced by at least two posts in this thread) are just two of a million and one ways to end up in that scenario. But whatever floats your boat.
I notice you don't like it when people tell you what to do, either. Imagine that! I and others who choose not to buy into the helmet myth feel the same way when one of your ilk pipes up. Thanks, but your input is neither desired nor required.
Your response is a good example of why helmet threads tend to go off the rails. Like it or not, helmet use is a personal choice. You need to accept that and save your concerns for more important things.
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I notice you don't like it when people tell you what to do, either. Imagine that! I and others who choose not to buy into the helmet myth feel the same way when one of your ilk pipes up. Thanks, but your input is neither desired nor required.
Your response is a good example of why helmet threads tend to go off the rails. Like it or not, helmet use is a personal choice. You need to accept that and save your concerns for more important things.
DD
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Around 1980 I started to use a helmet like this one, only when ridin' in a group or in unknown hillsides. It took many years to make the change to a safer one. Nowadays I usually ride (only on a racing bike or mtb) with a modern helmet. In case of a vintage group ride I use the Danish helmet.
The helmet above I got from the rider. It has a history of 14 concussions and 1 skull base fracture. The guy is retired for years but before he was a successful bank manager.
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