had a great day on the cwmcarn uplift yesterday, especially when the weather cleared up

decided to get a curry from Brentford Tandoori (recommended) about 1/2 mile a way didnt put a lid on never do when im just going local, but always do when mtbing or commuting

anyway rushing back with the smell of saag paneer, korma (for the missus) and mixed tandoori spurring me on I nipped down a dark cobbled alleyway ive been down a hundred times but never really noticed the low concrete bollard at the entrance, until all of a sudden my face is smashing into the floor

lots of blood, got home, dropped off the mangled curry off to a&e cut down to the bone 6 stitches later back home but throbbing headache,microwaved the curry but skipped on the weissbiers id planned to complement it

lesson learned, ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HELMET!

Or… NEVER RIDE INTO CONCRETE BOLLARDS! 😉

Still, in your case there’s no excuse, it’s not like it would have messed up your hair. 😀

Hope you heal up soon.

Lesson learned: look where you’re going 😉

Ouch! Whenever I hop on the bike without a helmet I always get paranoid that I’ll do something similarly inept and hit the floor…

So there was a bollard in your pathia and you bahji’d right into it!?

Certainly looks like you’ve had some argy bhaji. Perhaps you’ll tikka bit more care next time.

Edit: Too slow!

Don’t korma round here with your puns. We’ll have naan of that!

Just man up and admit it, the korma was yours.

Ouch! Heal soon.

Did similar myself a few years ago on the BMX, riding to the top of the road to meet my Mum off the bus. Slipped a pedal . . . cue black eye and ripped jeans. I can still remember the sick feeling when my head hit the tarmac.

Loving the puns . . . keep ’em coming 😆

G fkn wiz. OW!

Get well soon!

[and no, I don’t wear one]

You pilau’d right in to that.

Ouch!!!! That looks nasty! I always wear a lid as I’m a clumsy oaf who can fall off pretty much anywhere.

It’s the same principle as always wearing leathers when ‘nipping out’ on your motorbike. The stats are that a massive amount of accidents happen within a couple of miles of your house.

Hope you’re feeling better soon fella. That beer’s not going to drink itself! 😉

Did something similar to that walking home from the pub.

Ouch, looks sore, heal soon!!

Yeah but at least you didn’t break your neck with the extra rotational force a helmet would have caused. 😉

Yeah but at least you didn’t break your neck with the extra rotational force a helmet would have caused.

You got a sauce to back that statement up?

Honestly, how long will this helmet debate curry on for?

Ouch – heal quickly kimbers!

When you poppadom down to the local, always tikka care. Currying things in your hands might have affected the steering! You need to alloo for that.

Ouch !!!! Get well soon, but no I don’t wear a helmet to go round the shops, it just isn’t that dangerous. You where a bit careless an got unlucky 🙁

I reckon it’d have been pretty likely you’d have ended up with that head injury anyway. I’d suggest always wearing a full facer from now on.

No helmet unless I’m off road or it is icy/muddy/slippery out there. Or foggy.

Yeah but at least you didn’t break your neck with the extra rotational force a helmet would have caused.

I smiled when I read this yesterday –
“Giro and Bell have both launched new helmet models featuring MIPS (Multidirectional Impact Protection System) technologies designed to reduce rotational impact energy”

http://road.cc/content/news/128899-2015-helmet-roundup-giro-bell-poc-kask-mavic

Don’t envy you at all !
Hope it all heals ok and gets less sore.
Personally I wear one whatever, but only have following an inept wet boardwalk / head interface a few years back. When I was wearing a lid.

Ooo!, nasty looking cut…that’s what you can expect when you Phall off in such a way. At least you’ll be left with a very useful harry potter scar for future fancy dress parties so it’s not all bad news is it?.

PS : I don’t wear a helmet on my Tripster or if i’m pottering about on the mtb/dog walking etc, i would however wear it if i planned on honing around like a loon (which i don’t do anymore).

I never wore a helmet as a kid either and i’m still here despite years of stupid bike stunts/jumps, i managed to clear the River Avich waterfall gorge after getting a tow in from fergus on his DT250 motorbike, i say i cleared it but i guess that’s an understatement as i ended up bouncing off the conifer trees on the opposite bank and tumbling backwards and falling 20ft into the waterfall pool

Oooh nasty!

A friend of my Wife’s was cycling back from the local shop, somehow fell off, hit her head and is now virtually blind in one eye!
No one really knows why, but they think it’s some kind of nerve damage!

I don’t feel safe riding without a helmet.

Had you adjusted your sag correctly?

Chicks dig scars. But that Barnet! 😯

Looks bad, hope it heals quick.
I only wear a helmet when I’m offroad, never wear one when I commute to work, this may have just changed my mind!

*puts down bacon and tom sauce bap.

You’ll be raita as rain soon enough.

Looks painful, hope it heals soon!

Helmet all time for me, I could trip over my own shadow.

I always walk when I nip to the shops or curry house..so I might look a bit of a tit if I wore my helmet..

I always walk when I nip to the shops or curry house..so I might look a bit of a tit if I wore my helmet..

Yes but there’s just as much chance of obtaining a head injury whilst walking as there is when blah, blah, blah…

The only time I’ve needed stitches for a head wound was when walking down what is now my street, when someone lobbed a stone at me. I always wear a helmet when walking down my street now.

Do you wear a full face helmet, just encase a rogue stone or Bollard hits you in the face?

I don’t wear mine when I go to the curry place, because I want a big badass scar on my head

Currying things in your hands might have affected the steering!

This. Far better to have a Pak or a messenger bag to carry your grub in.

And for those promoting helmet wearage at all times, do you want to live in a Naany state?

Currying things in your hands might have affected the steering!

[quote]This. Far better to have a Pak or a messenger bag to carry your grub in[/quote]OP stated he was using paneers 🙄

I might start wearing my helmet in bed, (i’ve asked the Mrs to wear my “helmet” in bed, but it was a out right No)just encase I sleep walk and fall down the stairs..

You look like Ewan McGregor with dreads.

Or maybe, in a Lynx-running-into-each-other type advert, Obi Wan and Qui-Gon blended into one, weird Jedi…

I think my male escort/ modelling career is safe

still hurts like a mofo though

Glad you got down the hospital raita way, looks nasty.