Originally Posted by
jadmt
for sure and the risk reward thing favors the reward for me at this point. heck it might add to my safety as right now I have hills that I try and hit over 40mph on every time I ride and perhaps without a helmet I will keep the speeds under 35mph....
Sure,and that is related to my observation that if some cyclists believe it is "too dangerous" to ride the way they do without a helmet, it probably is also "too dangerous" for those cyclists to ride with it.