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On my way out on my travels today I came across a cyclist wearing only a bandana for protection on his head,he was quite an old guy and was wearing a local cycling club jersey,Jo doubt if he came off he would be hurt badly.
I found it a bit irresponsible with being in a cycling club and sends the wrong message out to youngsters or anyone who may have mixed feelings about wearing helmets,I wouldn't feel sorry for people that don't wear helmets that fall of but I do feel sorry for the air ambulance that have to rush out and save lives.
TROLOLOLOLOLOL
Wow. The judgemental knows no bounds.
A very lazy Troll post ..
On my way out on my travels today I came across a cyclist wearing only a bandana for protection on his head,he was quite an old guy and was wearing a local cycling club jersey,[b]Jo doubt if[/b] he came off he would be hurt badly.
Actually, there's plenty of doubt.
You were strapped into your bucket seat with a 4 point harness, wearing a nomex suit, and a helmet driving weren't you.
Give it a miss.
I take it people think it's acceptable not to wear a helmet then?
YaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaawn.
Very dull.
I take it people think it's acceptable not to wear a helmet then?
Do what you like, you're an adult (presumably)
What a pity. I thought this thread was about a cycling club where you didn't have to wear a helmet. I would have signed up.
Where's TJ when u need him...
That old guys probably been riding all his life without a helmet with no problems. Bandana though. Unforgivable.
Did you not wonder how he ever made it to be old?
I guess that would have taken a functioning mind,clearly something you are devoid of.
he was quite an old guy
Not dead yet then? Lack of helmet when riding not done him too much harm, clearly...
c120 dead cyclists in the UK per year
30,000 people dying from obesity-related diseases, which cycling could have helped prevent and is an entirely self-imposed death.
Tell me again why riding without a helmet is a problem?
Im pro helmet but i also pro in that its your choice.
Ive been down the road a few times.
The only time ive had an impact to my head a car was not only involved but was the entire cause of the accident.
I was wearing a helmet and smashed his windscreen and my helmet.
My prefered solution would be ban cars.
My cat just farted.
Because if he falls off the air ambulance will have to rush out and save his life. Apparently.Tell me again why riding without a helmet is a problem?
I usually ignore such troll threads, however.......this time 2 weeks ago I was in A&E after a big off at Cathkin. I landed head first, was unconscious, broke nose in 4 places and have had a chunk of face surgery. Helmet split and is being replaced by Giro. The medics, with scans and xrays had no doubt in unanamous opinion that without a helmet I'd have been dead.
Kevlar bandana I would imagine
The facts show that its as dangerous as walking and you get more head injuries in a car.
As others note you can make whatever appropriate decision you wish with this information
Round my way par ents make their kids wear one for cycling and ignore the risks when they are on a scooter even when on the rad super sick scooter park with jumps.
I bet he wished he [i]was[/i] wearing protective wear when you came across him... Disgusting behaviour by the [s]troll[/s]OP 😯
Would I have to put another helmet on to ride in the air ambulance?
Hair ambulance, Shirley?
Point taken
Kevlar bandana I would imagine
This. Been using one myself for a few years for DH work. Had a few nasty faceplants at Fort William but walked away without even a scratch.
OP obviously hasn't been keeping up with the latest trends.
I usually ignore such troll threads, however.......this time 2 weeks ago I was in A&E after a big off at Cathkin. I landed head first, was unconscious
Whereas I spent yesterday in A&E after managing to fall down the stairs in the middle of the night and land on my head... giving myself a fractured skull...
Does this mean I should be thinking of starting to wear a helmet to bed every night?
iainc - MemberThe medics, with scans and xrays had no doubt in unanamous opinion that without a helmet I'd have been dead.
Not to say they were wrong in your case, but I got the same line after my big road crash, everyone was totally convinced my helmet saved my life, except for the ambulance men who knew I wasn't wearing one...
LOL @ Northwind...no one is better convinced that a helmet saved their life than those being told so by medics in a hospital.
Do they know the slight decrease to acceleration of your brain was life saving? I doubt it.
Al - maybe's aye, maybe's naw 🙂 glad I had it on though !
Daft fall a few weeks back, front wheel wash out on a frosty wooden bridge.
Kind of trail (family friendly cycle route) where I normally wouldn't bother wearing a helmet but I was on my way to glentress so I had it on.
Fall took me completely by surprise, no time to arrest my fall and I properly slapped my head sideways off the tarmac with enough force to knock me clean out. My head was fine - shoulder is a different story though.
I'm definately pro-choice and I'll never ride without one now. Its not the big un-survivable accidents that particularly worry me, its the daft little prat-falls - couldn't forgive myself if I left my family having to look after me because of an easily avoidable head injury.
No doubt he got to his age by being very careful crossing bridges.
The medics, with scans and xrays had no doubt in unanamous opinion that without a helmet I'd have been dead.
There is obviously no way they could tell that. (And I've no idea why they seem to think otherwise)
Although it does sound like you would have been worse off without it.
I'm still pro choice though.
Just checked the little leaflet from our local air ambulance and their top 3 reason for call out are :
Road Traffic Collisions
Heart attacks and strokes
Accidents involving farm machinery, power tools and ladders
Today I've been out for a short ride with the dogs not wearing a helmet (I did have some stout wellies on), backed a trailer into the yard without a banksman, then cut up some logs without wearing ballistic trousers.
I'm probably pushing my luck but I might just go and put up some Xmas decorations without wearing a hard hat, hi-viz jacket and an arrest harness.
Most young folk I know wouldn't have noticed if the guy was wearing another persons head on his head.
I'm thinking of going for a poo.
Not quite decided yet though.
ballistic trousers.
I've no idea what they are.
But know I [b]have to[/b] have some ! 🙂
Not as exciting as they sound I'm afraid. Chainsaw protection - trousers padded with fibres that jam the chain and stop the saw if it cuts them.I've no idea what they are.
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Neal - they said their opinion, so yes, subjective. I usually wear a helmet as do my kids. Just glad I had it on. At a minimum it limited the cuts from the gravelly landing 🙂
Was he a Bog Trotter?
Had a big off last time I was at swinley and really belted my head off the hardpack.
Did not knock my self out but had a constant headache for four days after.
My helmet was badly scuffed, cut and large swelling above left eye and the left lens of my safety glasses was scratched to bits.
I always wear a helmet but don't normally wear my glasses at swinley, normally just for local natural trails where overgrown bushes or branches can catch you face which Is not a problem at swinley.
I am sure I would have lived without protection but would have hurt a darn sight more and would have not been pretty.
That said if an adult decides not to wear one for what ever reason that's their look out.
But I do find people who ride with the children not wearing helmets a little irresponsible despite the things my friends and I got up to on our BMXs 30 odd years and never suffered more than cuts or bruises .
Not as exciting as they sound I'm afraid.
One of those things that was better the way my childish mind had imagined it then really 
What I imagined was both truly awesome, and yet quite dapper all at the same time.
Well I wouldn't ride over a bridge without a helmet. What if the troll got me?
Surprised nobody's mentioned the bandana, I mean it's so 80's. The guy should be embarrassed.
People here are far to quick to judge the OP as a troll,
Why?!
I've seen this type of irresponsibility on trails, Evolution will sort it.
I went clay pigeon shooting today. The chap next to me ejected his spent cartridges and one hit me in the side of the head. If I'd had a helmet on it would have hit me on the side of the head.
Should I wear a helmet in future?
Whereas I spent yesterday in A&E after managing to fall down the stairs in the middle of the night and land on my head... giving myself a fractured skull...Does this mean I should be thinking of starting to wear a helmet to bed every night?
No! move to a bungalow.
I had on off last year and landed so hard on my head it crush fractured two vertibrae in my spine - what is the arguement for not wearing a helmet, why wouldn't you.
Its the same in climbing, used to see loads of people not wearing lids, me included, until many years ago a guy came off Flying Buttress on the Cromlech if front of a mate on a wet day and his head opened and spilled in contents in front of him, his description and trauma meant that I always wore a lid after that even if it wasn't so cool.
Nipper99 - Memberwhat is the arguement for not wearing a helmet, why wouldn't you.
cycling's really quite a safe thing to do?
i choose to wear a helmet because arguing with my wife isn't.
(safe, that is)
Why is it shame on a club? It's not illegal and I doubt the club has a compulsory helmet rule. I rode with Newbury road club 20 years ago and the only time I wore a lid was at criterium races on private ground, I think they insisted not the club. I did TT.s many club rides and training runs without one as did everyone else. The only lid I saw was a aero one on a guy who had a low pro bike. I,ve just retired as a postie who did 22 yrs many on a bike without a lid until they insisted we wore them out and back to the delivery. Now I only wear one when out on the MTB as I,m tall and tend to find low branches and the greater risk of an off makes it sensible, I suppose it makes a difference that in my 63 yrs I,ve never banged my head any time I,ve fallen off!
Slipped getting out of the shower the other day. Ended up coming round in the back of an ambulance. Medical services were convinced my shower helmet saved my life. I used to risk the occasional shower , not wearing a helmet. After this I just don't risk it. Suggest you do the same.
Jeez Fourbanger that's scary, what helmet do you have, I must get one, Xmas pressie maybe 😆
what is the arguement for not wearing a helmet, why wouldn't you
I don't know but I have this strange feeling its all been discussed once or twice before.
@ IanMunro, what was the outcome on poop procrastination?
Robbieh, think how your loved ones would feel if you died in a shower related injury not wearing one...
With modern helmet venting, there's no place for excuses such as "it makes it hard to wash my hair wearing one"
Robbieh, think how your loved ones would feel if you died in a shower related injury not wearing one...
yes, you are right, how neglectful I've been all these years, I feel ashamed, no more showers for me till I have a shower cap
Everything In life involves risk, I have a friends who's mother got up in the night to get a drink of water, fell down the stairs and died. I also have a friend who when we were kids lent out of the window of a third floor flat to throw down fifty pence for my friend to buy a ice cream from the ice cream man.
And fell out of said window into bushes below narrowly missing me and my friend, only to get up with a few scratches.
Shit happens, and if people want to take steps to protect themselves from risk that's entirely up to them unless the law states otherwise.
Wear a helmet, don't wear a helmet it's your noggin .
It's up to you to keep your kids safe and wether someone else decides not to wear a helmet in club colours or otherwise has no bearing on that.
There's no place for reasonable statements like that here chip, this is a helmet debate FFS!
I'm sorry.
I will get my coat.
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I'm sorry.
I will get my coat.
Don't forget your walking helmet.
Pavements are slippy this time of year.
What helmet you going to get with your 60 quid?
TIL about ballistic trousers. I will definately use that knowledge at some point.
I take it people think it's acceptable not to wear a helmet then?
Yes, it is.
Result,cheers lads,I had a bet with my mates that I could get over 50 comments on a crappy post,now I'm £60 up thanks to you lot,merry Christmas ha ha ha ha ha
I had a bet with my cat that the OP would be back at some point with the tired old Edinburgh Defence to cover his embarrassment 🙄
The cat now owes me a bottle of wine and he has to wash the car every week for a month.
I'm sorry.
I will get my coat.
Don't forget your walking helmet.
Pavements are slippy this time of year.
No need, I wear my general purpose helmet at all times when not on the bike.
Although have stopped wearing it to bed since fitting the padded headboard .
Don't forget the importance of personal hygiene.
I've been buffing my helmet furiously.
There's some helmets on here 🙂 🙂
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OP on his Christmas break now 😉