Originally Posted by Alphie
I like this article:
http://neptune.spacebears.com/opine/helmets.html
Especially this quote:
1. On a per-mile basis, the odds of being killed or sustaining a serious head injury while riding a bicycle are about the same as the odds of being killed or injured while out for a walk.
2. On a per-capita basis, the odds of being killed while riding a bicycle are nearly the same as the odds of being killed by a bolt of lightning (this author has, in fact, been struck by lightning -- albeit indirectly -- so he is well aware that "extremely improbable" is not quite the same as "impossible"); the odds of sustaining a serious head injury while riding a bicycle are about half the odds of sustaining a serious injury while out for a walk.
Still, I do wear my helmet every day.
My helmet doesn't mess up my hair because I don't have any on top. If I don't wear a helmet I'll definitely end up in the hospital with 3rd degree burns. The poster that started this thread doesn't realize that the holes in his helmet are there so when he gets sick, it doesn't stay in there, but can ooze out and dry before he gets home drunk.