Originally Posted by
jon c.
Riding with a helmet is safer than riding without one. No one can honestly dispute that.
Yes, I can.
If you choose to ride without one, I have no problem with that. But all the rhetoric in the world about extraneous items like knee pads doesn't change the reality that it is safer to ride with a helmet than without one.
Actually, there's a very strong correlation between helmet wearing and danger for the cyclist. It's not causation and it has probably more to do with other factors, but the numbers simply don't support the claim that a helmet makes cycling safer.