oh man... i've just read through just about 400 posts. this is a big issue for me. i'm a professional biker. i waffle on the helmet issue, and i'm just going to keep my mouth shut where i fall and the decisions i've made and why. i'm willing to simply say i live in the gray area and i don't bag on anybody's choices.
but mostly i wanted to say two things: 1) reading over 400 posts, it all could have been said in about 100 because a lot of it was hammering the same points over and over, like a lot. i'm not dissing. not at all. i'm mostly half-amused and fully entertained at how zealous everybody was. i'm not being sarcastic or superior. i thought it was cool. 2) what if all of this energy and time and research had been directed toward public road safety and bike awareness campaigns? how much safer would we all be, helmet or not?
just a thought. happy riding.