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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-21-14, 03:46 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

The statistics also contain the ever popular 85%...

The statistics also contain the ever popular 85% percentage that's the hallmark of badly researched pro-helmet drivel. My issue was more with the hysteric fear-mongering, that compare cycling without...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-17-14, 03:15 AM
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Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

This is particularly rich, apparently riding a...

This is particularly rich, apparently riding a bicycle without a helmet is as stupid as skydiving without a parachute:


24 Compelling Bicycle Helmet Statistics | HRF...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-17-14, 03:53 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

In Soviet Holland, where cycling training is,...

In Soviet Holland, where cycling training is, among other things, part of the elementary school curriculum, a lot of the behavioral problems you mentioned are barely or not at all present.

-HGV...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-14-14, 01:28 PM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

The "anti"-helmet people don't want me to buy...

The "anti"-helmet people don't want me to buy anything. They also are less hysterical about the "dangers" of cycling, and generally have more insight in cycling safety. Judging from all the ABHSML...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-13-14, 12:53 PM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Most Dutchies are already well aware of that fact...

Most Dutchies are already well aware of that fact long before they graduate from kindergarten, thank you very much. But unlike some of you guys we don't consider bicycle crashes to be catharsis...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-13-14, 07:36 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Bicycle helmet advocate logic works in mysterious...

Bicycle helmet advocate logic works in mysterious ways.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-13-14, 04:40 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

What do you know, if you sift through all the...

What do you know, if you sift through all the mindless and incoherent drivel that you produce, sometimes you find a rare gem of insight in the matter at hand. It's probably one of those ...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-13-14, 02:39 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Let's see what the people who make them have to...

Let's see what the people who make them have to say about them:



tl;dr "Maybe it works, maybe it won't, but I wouldn't count too much on it"
Not very impressive for a piece of safety...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-12-14, 03:20 PM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Well, we where talking helmets, really, and i...

Well, we where talking helmets, really, and i think it's fairly obvious what the differences are. Compared to motor helmets, bicycle helmets are flimsy contraptions than made concessions to improved...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-12-14, 12:19 PM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

What do you expect? That I have some foam induced...

What do you expect? That I have some foam induced revelation? Yes I know there are many similarities, but the differences are much more interesting as far as I'm considered.


It might be a good...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-12-14, 11:23 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Well, my reaction was more to preemptively...

Well, my reaction was more to preemptively mitigate reactions of the type "Gasp, the helmet must have saved his life". Truth is that the type of accident he described more often than not results in...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-12-14, 10:59 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

And it does this by crushing/compressing the...

And it does this by crushing/compressing the foam, not by shattering into pieces.



Well, there are big differences between cycling and riding a motorcycle, and between the helmets that are...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-12-14, 10:47 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

That remains to be seen, I'm not anywhere near...

That remains to be seen, I'm not anywhere near worth it to wear a helmet because it will safe me a headache and some scratches every few decades. But then again, I'm not inclined to behave...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-12-14, 10:11 AM
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Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

The helmet cracked so there's a good chance it...

The helmet cracked so there's a good chance it didn't perform as it should have. Coupled with the fact that bicycle crashes like that typically don't result in serious injuries, that injuries to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-11-14, 08:57 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

If you look at the big picture, bicycle helmets...

If you look at the big picture, bicycle helmets are quirk of certain (sub-)cultures. Your typical cyclist on planet earth doesn't even consider a helmet, let alone wear one. So for people who don't...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-10-14, 12:25 PM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Hrm, they did a good job to cancel out the dork,...

Hrm, they did a good job to cancel out the dork, factor I have to admit. Not that the dork factor of helmets mean much to me, but still.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-10-14, 11:30 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Well, the helmet-hypers tend to believe that...

Well, the helmet-hypers tend to believe that bare-headed cyclists are an important, if not the most important source of donated organs.

Are Chinese people into cycling helmets, btw?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-06-14, 10:05 AM
Replies: 8,742
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Well, I meant they usually don't state explicitly...

Well, I meant they usually don't state explicitly that cycling accidents and by extension cycling without a helmet is often lethal. But If you look at the references to organ donation and those...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-05-14, 12:20 PM
Replies: 8,742
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Every other ABHSML post implies what I said.

Every other ABHSML post implies what I said.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-05-14, 09:19 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Actually it's the helmet advocate crowd which...

Actually it's the helmet advocate crowd which tend to treat bicycle accidents as a virtual death sentence. That kind of hysterical nonsense is fairly uncommon among normal people, who generally...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-01-14, 08:26 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

396665 That feel I guess.

396665
That feel I guess.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-01-14, 07:53 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

You implied strongly that the dog was untrained...

You implied strongly that the dog was untrained by telling us the animal caused the bicycle crash.


They can usually also be prevented, like in this specific case.


I think you missed the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-01-14, 03:22 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

@paulpdx...

@paulpdx (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?u=382087) What's most interesting about your story, is that you only seem to take away from it that the guy should have worn a helmet. No words wasted...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-06-14, 12:59 PM
Replies: 8,742
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

We love to do that too; let me play you a song of...

We love to do that too; let me play you a song of my people:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEtZSM3sXyY
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-06-14, 03:53 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

Joe Minton What you got there is a list of...

Joe Minton What you got there is a list of unsupported facts (or perhaps those are "facts), If-I-Remember-Correctlies, hasty conclusions and speculations about anecdotes. Nothing we can work with I'm...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-06-14, 03:24 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

I suspect it has something to do with a higher...

I suspect it has something to do with a higher degree of separation of bicycles and faster traffic. I tried to dig up Dutch statistic but to no avail. Alcohol (and other drugs) seem to be a common...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-06-14, 03:22 AM
Replies: 8,742
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Internet seems to think a Dutch Charm is a clog...

Internet seems to think a Dutch Charm is a clog shaped pendant. I'm not sure how useful those are as condoms.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-04-14, 03:10 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

How and why bicycle deaths happen in the US - Vox...

How and why bicycle deaths happen in the US - Vox (http://www.vox.com/2014/5/22/5738626/how-and-why-bicycle-deaths-happen-in-the-us)

This is fairly interesting. Investing in a rear-view mirror...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-30-14, 03:47 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

If you look past my Dutch charm, which involve a...

If you look past my Dutch charm, which involve a lot of wielding my opinion like a blunt ax and beating people senseless with it, you'll see that I'm not oppositely charged to a BHA. (Still, you...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-30-14, 03:33 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

I suspect that must be one of the reasons they...

I suspect that must be one of the reasons they don't wear those by default, at least not around here


I wonder if they would use those if they were climbing bicycle sized rocks.


Not that it...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-29-14, 08:57 AM
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Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

Good for you, but multitudes of other people,...

Good for you, but multitudes of other people, including yours truly, report they experience discomfort etc. when wearing a bicycle helmet. The fact that it isn't true for you, doesn't mean it isn't a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-29-14, 04:35 AM
Replies: 8,742
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

Among other things the most common form of...

Among other things the most common form of cycling on the planet, which would be (generally low-speed) utility cycling.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-29-14, 04:16 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

This is just a false cliche BHAs use to portray...

This is just a false cliche BHAs use to portray people who choose to ride bare-headed as shallow idiots who are only concerned with their image. Of course there's people who's coolness factor is the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-28-14, 07:42 AM
Replies: 8,742
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

More accurate than your semi-coherent nonsense I...

More accurate than your semi-coherent nonsense I reckon


No, but you're making up excuses. The weather isn't particularly harsh in most of the USA and The commutes aren't spectacularly long. So...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-27-14, 04:40 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

It's in the like I provided. Let me also spell...

It's in the like I provided. Let me also spell out (again) that it's a completely ******** design from a safety POV. There's a good possibility that if the ears will act as a lever in case of an...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-27-14, 02:38 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

@rekmeyata...

@rekmeyata (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?u=205284): I shared this earlier. About a quarter of all car commutes is an ideal-for-cycling 2x5=10 miles or less and about half is a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-26-14, 03:59 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

Another article that tries to proof that bicycle...

Another article that tries to proof that bicycle helmets are cool. I personally think it's telling that it's hard to even convince toddlers they are cool. but to each their own.

Helmet Head on...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-26-14, 02:38 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

TBH America is of little importance whatsoever in...

TBH America is of little importance whatsoever in the matters of cycling and cycling safety. It doesn't even qualify for the job as biggest failure and source of "how not to.." statistics, since we...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-25-14, 08:13 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

But is that the reason why you fall every couple...

But is that the reason why you fall every couple of years, while someone like me falls every couple of decades? Unless you cycle tens of thousands of kilometers per year, I'm going to assume there's...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-25-14, 02:09 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

Yes, how wonderful would it be if everyone who...

Yes, how wonderful would it be if everyone who doesn't agree with me would STFU. No more ABHSML anecdotes. No more derp-faces chanting that "you should always wear a helmet", every time a cyclist...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-25-14, 01:47 AM
Replies: 8,742
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

I'm not very interested in falling, bare-headed...

I'm not very interested in falling, bare-headed or otherwise, thank you very much. And if I had to wipe out, I would opt for something better than a foam fruit basket to protect my head. Anyway,...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-24-14, 03:39 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

Decades of research into the subject of bicycle...

Decades of research into the subject of bicycle helmets have only resulted in a giant pile of inconclusive and often conflicting statistics. Any site that argues strongly in favor (or against for...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-24-14, 03:09 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

So you're saying you shouldn't force your beliefs...

So you're saying you shouldn't force your beliefs on others, but that other opinions than yours are invalid and of questionable intend, so (as you implied in your earlier post) non-believers should...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-24-14, 03:00 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

Since I was talking explicitly about bicycle...

Since I was talking explicitly about bicycle helmets:

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Seat belts have a pretty impressive safety record, preventing 30-50% of fatalities alone, while it has yet to be seen if bicycle...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-23-14, 11:56 AM
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

The first two links go to the same, well-known...

The first two links go to the same, well-known bicycle helmet propaganda site and ironically the last one leads to one of the most well-known sites that's critical about bicycle helmets (a bit too...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-23-14, 02:51 AM
Replies: 8,742
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Posted By CarinusMalmari

There's another common category of "a helmet...

There's another common category of "a helmet saved my life" stories that features 3 element, namely, a) a minor bicycle accident, b) absence of any serious injuries and c) a bicycle helmet that...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-22-14, 11:38 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

Judging from the many "a helmet saved my life"...

Judging from the many "a helmet saved my life" stories, that basically start with "I was doing something stupid and/or risky and completely avoidable on a bicycle..." it's probably more like a good...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-21-14, 07:25 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

A recent study found that the single strongest...

A recent study found that the single strongest predictor for death in a cycling accident was being rear-ended by a motorist. So you're probably on to something. Leme see if I can find it,
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-21-14, 07:14 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

There's lots of people that try to...

There's lots of people that try to convince,coerce or even force others to wear a bicycle helmet. And sure enough, helmet-mongers project this behavior onto us. But in reality, the opposite of the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-13-14, 02:52 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 641,505
Posted By CarinusMalmari

Last week, while I was euthanizing my...

Last week, while I was euthanizing my grandmother's wife with an overdose of marijuana, I wondered for a moment, whether American Freedom isn't a bit overrated. I hypothesized that maybe many...
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