I landed mostly on my head
12-01-21, 08:43 AM
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I've had two times where I had an overhanging branch strike my helmet while I was riding at speed (It's easier to do than it sounds on fast winding country roads--just slightly above eye level and around a curve). Turned what would have been at least nasty gashes into 'wow, that's a weird experience". I wear my helmet at all times on a bike, weird stuff happens.
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12-01-21, 08:52 AM
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Well, having been there and knowing where it struck my helmet, I know that would be wrong. Both times, the branch would've struck me right in the forehead. Whether it would have been a hard impact or a glancing blow is not an experiment I would have wanted to try.
12-01-21, 09:51 AM
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I think this is a New England thing--lots of low branches overhanging the roadway. I wear shatterproof glasses, so I think I'm covered there, but my strikes have always been to the top of my head. I'm guessing you are either taller than I am or ride higher on the saddle.
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12-01-21, 10:48 AM
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que the branch meets helmet cam video. FWD to 7:14
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12-01-21, 11:00 AM
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16 MPH Crashed onto the Left side. Bruised both sides of my Brain
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I'm glad that you're okay and getting a new helmet.
I think of wearing a bicycle helmet like this. Far better to have it on and not need it that to need it and not have it on.
Whenever I dispose of an old helmet I cut a big section out of it so that no one will ever consider using it. Where I live people will scrounge the garbage looking for stuff they can use or sell.
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I think of wearing a bicycle helmet like this. Far better to have it on and not need it that to need it and not have it on.
Whenever I dispose of an old helmet I cut a big section out of it so that no one will ever consider using it. Where I live people will scrounge the garbage looking for stuff they can use or sell.
Cheers
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12-01-21, 04:06 PM
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In these parts we have similar issues with vines. They grow to an inch or more in diameter and extend to the tree tops. Eventually they break, sometimes leaving a hanging end at just the right level. And they're hard to see in the shadows. I've been whacked a few times hard enough that I don't know if I could have remained upright had I not had a helmet to deflect the blow.
Good idea, thanks. I just replaced my old yellow foam hat with a new yellow foam hat. I didn't hit my head, but I dropped it a few too many times to trust it any more.
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12-01-21, 09:16 PM
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Around here the vines are blackberry; flimsy but with large thorns, eager to rip flesh; they arch out of the ground and dangle from trees.
Good idea, thanks. I just replaced my old yellow foam hat with a new yellow foam hat. I didn't hit my head, but I dropped it a few too many times to trust it any more.
Good idea, thanks. I just replaced my old yellow foam hat with a new yellow foam hat. I didn't hit my head, but I dropped it a few too many times to trust it any more.
I've had instances where a helmet protected my head and I had an instance where wearing a helmet very nearly caused me to be blinded. That was on November 6, 2020. I was riding along a paved path and a branch parallel to that path and overhanging the path caught my helmet and the helmet directed it towards my eye. As a result I had a deep cut near my eye, on the side of my neck as well as on the top of my shoulder. I'm fortunate that I wasn't going very fast.
Helmets can protect you but like anything else they can NOT protect you from everything. Still, they are good insurance in most cases.
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12-01-21, 09:30 PM
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@Miele Man, I've worn a helmet for many years, ever since I was T-boned by a car (at 5mph, and my fault), went over her hood, and took out her windshield without so much as a headache to show for it. When I think about it, all my subsequent crashes have been slow speed and somehow I haven't hit my head; sprained my forearm, broke a bone in my hand, and got some road rash, but very luckily no head hits. I still usually wear my helmet.
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