Hey Raiyn, congrats on the cup!! Nice to see the franchise turn around so fast and to see Andrychuck (sp) get a taste from the Holy Grail!!

Now to business. Lets just keep things in perspective shall we?

I emailed Randy Swart of The Bicycle Helmet Saftey Institute and asked, "Is riding a bicycle make an individual propotionatly more suseptable to head injury than other activities?"

He said, "No. If we had that information it would be on our Statistics page. We don't."

The BHSI web site also shows that exposure by hour, cycling is less suseptable to death (a rather black and white situation and less open to claim of injury than a cut chin) at half the rate as driving.

and In 1998/99, of the 7,168 hospitalizations due to a head injury in Ontario, almost half were caused by falls (49%), followed by motor vehicle collisions (31%) and, homicide and intentional injuries (6%).Slipping, tripping or stumbling from the same level were the major reasons for hospitalizations.

Of the 37,546 hospitalizations due to fall-related injuries, seniors accounted for over half of these hospitalizations (57%) and 93% of all in-hospital deaths due to falls. Women were admitted to Ontario hospitals for injuries from falls twice as often as men.

"We often associate head injuries with a younger male population, who are considered to be risk-takers, but the statistics from CIHI’s report and our experience indicate that head injuries are also important among seniors and women," explains Dr. Robert Summerfield, a neurologist with North York General Hospital. "We need to raise awareness that some head injuries can have long-lasting and disabling impacts."

Wear helmets but because head injuries do happen to cyclists but they don't happen as often to cyclists as some claim and protection should never be a substitute for sensible cycling practices.

Lets not spread false rumours like, if you don't wear a helmet you're going to die.