Should I wear a helmet?

Greg P. wrote:
When I'm on the road commuting, I don't wear it. It looks way too dorky (I
don't give a damn if it's safer, I just won't wear it). Plus if a car ends
up slamming me, I doubt that a protected head will save you from a rib cage
break that snaps it into your lungs so you're coughing up blood and dying on
the spot...with a nice shiny helmet on your head.

When we scrape you off the road, at least you won't

Greg P. wrote:
When I'm on the road commuting, I don't wear it. It looks way too dorky (I
don't give a damn if it's safer, I just won't wear it). Plus if a car ends
up slamming me, I doubt that a protected head will save you from a rib cage
break that snaps it into your lungs so you're coughing up blood and dying on
the spot...with a nice shiny helmet on your head.

My best friend was hit by a car last week. He was wearing a helmet and is OK.
The driver told the cops that he ran the stop sign because he was late for
work.
Congratulations-you get today's RBT Darwin Award. When we scrape you off the
road, at least your crushed skull won't look dorky.

Greg P. wrote:
When I'm on the road commuting, I don't wear it. It looks way too dorky (I
don't give a damn if it's safer, I just won't wear it). Plus if a car ends
up slamming me, I doubt that a protected head will save you from a rib cage
break that snaps it into your lungs so you're coughing up blood and dying on
the spot...with a nice shiny helmet on your head.

My best friend was hit by a car last week. He was wearing a helmet and is OK.
The driver told the cops that he ran the stop sign because he was late for
work.
Congratulations-you get today's RBT Darwin Award. When we scrape you off the
road, at least your crushed skull won't look dorky.

My wife would kill me if I didn't wear a helmet, so in my case its
definitely a lifesaver.

Duffy

My wife would kill me if I didn't wear a helmet, so in my case its
definitely a lifesaver.

Duffy

On 18 Sep 2003 13:10:56 -0700, (blue girl
with white hair and red eyes) may have said:

I enjoy biking and Im going on the trinity river trail in Fort Worth
this weekend. (70 mile round trip) Im trying to keep costs low and one
of the last things I would expect to get would be a helmet.

No helmet is no protection. On the other hand, the trail you
mentioned for this weekend has a low risk factor if I recall
correctly, and your likelihood of injury is small if you ride
carefully, but beware of the fact that this trail is popular; your
biggest hazard on a weekend is from other bikes, rollerbladers, etc.
Still, if you stop by one of the larger Goodwill stores, you'll
probably find a seviceable helmet for $5; it's worth the money at that
price. If they don't have any, then Academy usually has helmets in
the under-$30 range new. If that's beyond your budget, I personally
would not scratch the ride for the lack of one in your particular
instance, because you won't be on a trail that has a lot of grades or
drop-offs, and you won't be running with vehicular traffic.

If you're riding with a group, though, it's entirely possible that a
helmet will be mandatory for participation. It would probably be
worthwhile to check.

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On 18 Sep 2003 13:10:56 -0700, (blue girl
with white hair and red eyes) may have said:

I enjoy biking and Im going on the trinity river trail in Fort Worth
this weekend. (70 mile round trip) Im trying to keep costs low and one
of the last things I would expect to get would be a helmet.

No helmet is no protection. On the other hand, the trail you
mentioned for this weekend has a low risk factor if I recall
correctly, and your likelihood of injury is small if you ride
carefully, but beware of the fact that this trail is popular; your
biggest hazard on a weekend is from other bikes, rollerbladers, etc.
Still, if you stop by one of the larger Goodwill stores, you'll
probably find a seviceable helmet for $5; it's worth the money at that
price. If they don't have any, then Academy usually has helmets in
the under-$30 range new. If that's beyond your budget, I personally
would not scratch the ride for the lack of one in your particular
instance, because you won't be on a trail that has a lot of grades or
drop-offs, and you won't be running with vehicular traffic.

If you're riding with a group, though, it's entirely possible that a
helmet will be mandatory for participation. It would probably be
worthwhile to check.

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In article ,
(blue girl with white hair and red eyes) writes:
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So even after seeing that...I wonder if i should
spend the money on a helmet. I dont have much to spend and it seems
uneccesary because I wont be doind the kind of stuff like that which
gets you into those situations.....but since I also go up to the store
and back you can never be sure.

One can fall off a bike under almost any circumstances, after all you are
balancing on two wheels.

Do you have the cash to pay a brain surgeon?

How many other people ride without a helmet...and how many people who
do wear helmets find that its been a lifesaver? Also, have you worn,
been in a fall and still got hurt where it didnt provide any help?

I ride with one. On two occasions I've been spared injury (at least) by my
helmet. For the "antihelmet" zelots, if you are stunned after bouncing your
helmeted head off of packed dirt you, at the very least, would be more than
stunned without one.

Tom Gibb

In article ,
(blue girl with white hair and red eyes) writes:
snip
So even after seeing that...I wonder if i should
spend the money on a helmet. I dont have much to spend and it seems
uneccesary because I wont be doind the kind of stuff like that which
gets you into those situations.....but since I also go up to the store
and back you can never be sure.

One can fall off a bike under almost any circumstances, after all you are
balancing on two wheels.

Do you have the cash to pay a brain surgeon?

How many other people ride without a helmet...and how many people who
do wear helmets find that its been a lifesaver? Also, have you worn,
been in a fall and still got hurt where it didnt provide any help?

I ride with one. On two occasions I've been spared injury (at least) by my
helmet. For the "antihelmet" zelots, if you are stunned after bouncing your
helmeted head off of packed dirt you, at the very least, would be more than
stunned without one.

Tom Gibb

"Mike Krueger" wrote in message
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Greg P. wrote:
When I'm on the road commuting, I don't wear it. It looks way too
dorky (I
don't give a damn if it's safer, I just won't wear it). Plus if a car
ends
up slamming me, I doubt that a protected head will save you from a rib
cage
break that snaps it into your lungs so you're coughing up blood and
dying on
the spot...with a nice shiny helmet on your head.

My best friend was hit by a car last week. He was wearing a helmet and
is OK.
The driver told the cops that he ran the stop sign because he was late
for
work.
Congratulations-you get today's RBT Darwin Award. When we scrape you
off the
road, at least your crushed skull won't look dorky.

O.K., on my news reader, this was the fifth post. That may be a record
as for the fastest invocation of Darwin in a helmet thread. It usually
takes about seven posts. Whatever happended to the good old days when
people cited the pro-helmet Rivara studies and the anti-helmet reports
of Australians refusing to ride their bikes? Get the protocal right:
you have to at least make the argument that helmets make a difference
before you call someone an idiot for not wearing one. I believe that a
helmet will prevent certain injuries, so I wear one; however, I still
miss the real counter-arguments. "Helmets look dorky" just doesn't have
much pursuasive force. Tom K., J Poulos . . . where are you? -- Jay
Beattie.