Originally Posted by berts
With all statistics aside would you let your kid go out on a ride without one?
Abosolutely. But my four kids all wore helmets because it was part of the uniform of serious cyclists and not because they felt it to be a safety measure.
Two daughters rose to be 12th and 14th in the nation in their age classes in road racing and one of them got a silver medal at the Jr. Olympics TT.
One thing is plain - they had a great deal better judgement about bicycle safety than some gym teacher in 7th grade.