Forum menu
Thats the funny thing (I say funny with irony) - even with a helmet our jaw/ability to eat and communicate with others can be severely impaired yet we think of wearing a xc lid as safe.
The first thing we tend to do is roll or put an arm out or go off sideways no? I've been OTB many times- always into a roll.
mikewsmith - Member
In the end who cares we can chalk it up to darwin. There are not many I fell off not wearing a lid posts.....
if i look back at my most serious crashes on a bike i wasn't wearing a helmet during any of them, and i didn't hit my head, or die, but that doesn't make for a sensationalist evangelical argument, but it does provide balance
in answer to the OP i'd simply go for a ride, just like people did in the 100 years or so before helmets and the internet were invented
falling off a bike whilst avoiding injury is a fine skill to have, a lot of people don't...
pootle and probably ride like a plonker as a result
(loved CTBikemonger's post)
falling off a bike whilst avoiding injury is a fine skill to have, a lot of people don't...
I've had a lot of practice.
I'd ride my bike without the helmet, it's no big deal.
Schurely if you're riding in a more risky manner just because you've got 300 grams of polysterene loosely strapped to your head you're undoing the marginal safety benefit of wearing a helmet in the first place?
I'd partially inflate my spare inner tube and then wrap it round my head.
In the event of an off I should be fine unless I land on thorns!