Originally Posted by
elcruxio
I knew this was going to go through the whole belittling phase. FIY, it's not that I can't, it's because I 1) don't want to and 2) because at the end of the day the extra weight is still more uncomfortable than if the weight wasn't there, especially if looking up at the sights/mountains a lot. If you keep your face facing the road I suppose it's not as big of an issue.
Hardly belittling, just many have a hard time understanding a few hundred grams causing neck pain when no helmet does not, especially when a soaked hat is hardly lighter than many of today's helmets. All of us understand perfectly well the answer "I don't want to wear it". I didn't personally want to wear a helmet on my last tour, so I didn't. Granted, crashing changed that outlook for the future, but for that particular tour I didn't wear one out of nothing more than not wanting to.
In any case: GoPro on your handlebars takes care of that issue of yours! Plus, frame grabs make contributing to the "Behind Bars" photo thread much easier
