View Poll Results: Helmet wearing habits?
I've never worn a bike helmet
178
10.66%
I used to wear a helmet, but have stopped
94
5.63%
I've always worn a helmet
648
38.80%
I didn't wear a helmet, but now do
408
24.43%
I sometimes wear a helmet depending on the conditions
342
20.48%
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The helmet thread
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Racing is more dangerous than plain old bike riding needs to be, of course.
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What are you, a cheap lawyer? The post in question wasn't commenting about helmets, it was about how someones great skills will prevent a life long accident free cycling adventure. Reread post 8272 and see if you can comprehend why I responded to that post the way I did...I have a strange feeling you can't comprehend it.
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No doubt, I am dumb as a rock. Thanks for pointing that out lest I think otherwise.
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I guess Felix Baur, Burry Stander, Carla Swart, Frank Guinn, Peter Gunther, Adrian Buttafocchi,
Junior Heffernan and many other pro racers who all died being hit by cars, trucks, and motorcycles just don't have as good of skills as you have. Thank you for blessing us with your superior and god like abilities on a bike.
At any rate, the whole "godlike abilities" thing is a red herring. Nobody is claiming that you have to have super-human abilities in order to avoid a fall. Some of us are just trying to point out that competent bike handlers don't have to fall off their bikes and land on their heads all the time. The fact that some of you equate that ability to "god-like powers" is actually kind of sad.
Finally, the riders listed (with the exception of the two guys who lived and died a hundred years ago) were wearing helmets when they were killed. Aside from the obvious idiocy of using dead bike riders as an argument for wearing helmets, it illustrates a point some of us have been trying to make for years: bicycle helmets are not adequate protection from motor vehicles and anyone who believes otherwise is being dangerously foolish. The only way for a cyclist to avoid danger from motor vehicles is to stay completely away from them.
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What are you, a cheap lawyer? The post in question wasn't commenting about helmets, it was about how someones great skills will prevent a life long accident free cycling adventure. Reread post 8272 and see if you can comprehend why I responded to that post the way I did...I have a strange feeling you can't comprehend it.
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I think we need to do a helmet thread RIDE and see where we all have gone wrong...
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@paulpdx What's most interesting about your story, is that you only seem to take away from it that the guy should have worn a helmet. No words wasted on pointing out the obvious, namely that the accident could have been prevented altogether if he hadn't been "walking" an untrained dog with a bicycle.
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At any rate, the whole "godlike abilities" thing is a red herring. Nobody is claiming that you have to have super-human abilities in order to avoid a fall. Some of us are just trying to point out that competent bike handlers don't have to fall off their bikes and land on their heads all the time. The fact that some of you equate that ability to "god-like powers" is actually kind of sad....
At any rate, the whole "godlike abilities" thing is a red herring. Nobody is claiming that you have to have super-human abilities in order to avoid a fall. Some of us are just trying to point out that competent bike handlers don't have to fall off their bikes and land on their heads all the time. The fact that some of you equate that ability to "god-like powers" is actually kind of sad....
It's crazy to me that anyone could put that much emphasis on wearing a helmet and never bother to learn how to protect himself. Learning how to handle the bike well enough to reduce the chances of hitting the ground in the first place would be another smart move, if a little more difficult. I am just amazed at the idea of taking the least effective measure of putting on a helmet, disregarding literally all of the the more effective measures, and then scoffing at those who do protect themselves.
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Who's to say the dog was untrained?
Mistakes can happen.
I think you missed the point of my post, he fell in the grass and it didn't seem like an extreme fall by any means yet he cracked his head open.
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Reading through other threads in this forum I actually see a lot of hostility and arguments. Reading this just confirms it: https://www.bikeforums.net/advocacy-s...-s-thread.html
I'll just find another bike forum to join. You all really aren't nice.
I'll just find another bike forum to join. You all really aren't nice.
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Reading through other threads in this forum I actually see a lot of hostility and arguments. Reading this just confirms it: https://www.bikeforums.net/advocacy-s...-s-thread.html
I'll just find another bike forum to join. You all really aren't nice.
I'll just find another bike forum to join. You all really aren't nice.
Look into the other sections, general, commuting, whichever corresponds with your interests.
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Reading through other threads in this forum I actually see a lot of hostility and arguments. Reading this just confirms it: https://www.bikeforums.net/advocacy-s...-s-thread.html
I'll just find another bike forum to join. You all really aren't nice.
I'll just find another bike forum to join. You all really aren't nice.
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Hey Everyone,
Well today I was out riding my Mt Bike. I descided to go down a rather steep but short grassy hill. Bad idea. The front wheel hit a hole, and over the handlebars I go... the bike, landed conviently on my head. Fortuantly I was wearing my helmet.
In other news, I need a new helmet.
Also:
Do manufactures want crashed helmets returned to them for research and study? Or should I just trash mine?
Well today I was out riding my Mt Bike. I descided to go down a rather steep but short grassy hill. Bad idea. The front wheel hit a hole, and over the handlebars I go... the bike, landed conviently on my head. Fortuantly I was wearing my helmet.
In other news, I need a new helmet.
Also:
Do manufactures want crashed helmets returned to them for research and study? Or should I just trash mine?
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Hey Everyone,
Well today I was out riding my Mt Bike. I descided to go down a rather steep but short grassy hill. Bad idea. The front wheel hit a hole, and over the handlebars I go... the bike, landed conviently on my head. Fortuantly I was wearing my helmet.
In other news, I need a new helmet.
Also:
Do manufactures want crashed helmets returned to them for research and study? Or should I just trash mine?
Well today I was out riding my Mt Bike. I descided to go down a rather steep but short grassy hill. Bad idea. The front wheel hit a hole, and over the handlebars I go... the bike, landed conviently on my head. Fortuantly I was wearing my helmet.
In other news, I need a new helmet.
Also:
Do manufactures want crashed helmets returned to them for research and study? Or should I just trash mine?
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This would be a harvest/weeds forum. Take what works for you...
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Hey Everyone,
Well today I was out riding my Mt Bike. I descided to go down a rather steep but short grassy hill. Bad idea. The front wheel hit a hole, and over the handlebars I go... the bike, landed conviently on my head. Fortuantly I was wearing my helmet.
In other news, I need a new helmet.
Well today I was out riding my Mt Bike. I descided to go down a rather steep but short grassy hill. Bad idea. The front wheel hit a hole, and over the handlebars I go... the bike, landed conviently on my head. Fortuantly I was wearing my helmet.
In other news, I need a new helmet.
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Hello everyone. Today I went for a bike ride. I did not fall. I did not hit my head. I do not need a new helmet.
In other words, today was like every other day of my life to this point.
<edit>In a way, I feel bad for those of you who never experienced the sport back when it was safe; back before it became "extreme" and crashing was considered a normal and expected part of the experience. But in a much bigger way, I am pissed at all you idiots who turned the sport into a crash-filled free-for-all; an outdoor spin class where matching kit and $10,000 bicycles are more important than pack manners and common sense.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm really not interested in your stories about how you can't manage to stay on a bicycle but thank god you were wearing a helmet. I just wish you all would live or die or whatever, just as long as you do it somewhere else.
In other words, today was like every other day of my life to this point.
<edit>In a way, I feel bad for those of you who never experienced the sport back when it was safe; back before it became "extreme" and crashing was considered a normal and expected part of the experience. But in a much bigger way, I am pissed at all you idiots who turned the sport into a crash-filled free-for-all; an outdoor spin class where matching kit and $10,000 bicycles are more important than pack manners and common sense.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm really not interested in your stories about how you can't manage to stay on a bicycle but thank god you were wearing a helmet. I just wish you all would live or die or whatever, just as long as you do it somewhere else.
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