Originally Posted by tourbike
OK, I am going to come out on a "lunatic fringe" limb here and state that I have never worn a helmet in 30+ years (who's counting?) of cycling. I know, I know, you don't need to give me the lecture. I want to use a helmet, but I find them cumbersome, damn unsexy and give that "alien" appearance when cycling into some developing country's backwater village that does little to dispel fear and estrangement when trying to meet the local populace. I say this knowing I primarily live in LA, where looking like a spandex weekend warrior is par for the course. Helmets? They are about as appealing as condoms.
I'm really just saying this not to flame, but to interject another opinion in this thread that isn't solely pro-helmet.
Chastise away...
I hear what you are saying about riding around outside the states...especially in a 'developing' country, where ppl ride their motorbikes wearing flimsy shower flip-flops et cetera...-but even they don't joke about whether to wear a rubber..If you are going to protect anything, I say it should be ones' brain and ones' package..IMHO