[Closed] Helmets should be compulsory

Would we be allowed to take the helmet off at night to sleep?!

Helmets should be banned. You'd be more careful.

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Helmets should be banned

There'd be no one left on here

There'd be no one left on here

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can i mic-drop the troll before it gets tedious?

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[quote=thestabiliser ]Helmets should be banned
There'd be no one left on here

Early contender for post of the day.

Dont force your personal view of risk on others.

And women should wear pink ones.

And women should wear pink ones.

Ooo, you bitch!

Bored? Retirement finally getting to you?

More pedestrians and motorists die each year than cyclists. Make them wear helmets too!

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/are-we-about-to-overtake-the-bike-forum-with-the-number-of-posts

Not only should they be compulsory, they should all have huge jaggy spikes on them like these ones....
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That way, if some bastard knocks you off your bike you have a fighting chance of taking them down with you.
If you fall off of your own accord then you may well stick straight into the ground with a quiver and a satisfying BOOOOIIIIINNGGG.
It's how I want to go.

Have you done this in the bike forum to stop chat overtaking it thereby managing to be a double troll?

EDIT: I wrote this before he confessed and just cross posted.

There are too many head injuries that could be avoided or minimised for the want of some common sense.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/are-we-about-to-overtake-the-bike-forum-with-the-number-of-posts

I blame the banning of TJ.

Having recently started 'training' for a half marathon I decided to run the 10 miles home on country roads that I would normally cycle. It was terrifying compared to being on a bike due to being a slower moving and less visible obstacle in the road so I can see the point of view that pedestrians are equally/more at risk when it comes to being in an accident on the road.

Apart from collisions with vehicles though as a general rule I feel less likely to collide catastrophically with the ground when running or walking than I do on a bike and on a bike it would be at much higher speed. Personally if I feel there's any chance of hitting my head on the ground/tree/wall I'd rather be wearing a helmet and will continue to do so. I do think people should be able to make up their own minds though.

This should be on the chat forum. Mods please move.

There are too many head injuries that could be avoided or minimised for the want of some common sense.

I agree! I sustained quite a nasty bump on the head today while running up stairs, this could have been avoided had I used some common sense and been wearing a helmet.

[quote=imnotverygood ]This should be on the chat forum. Mods please move.
😆

I agree,

My Nan slipped in the bathroom the other day, got quite a bump on the head, she's so thoughtless, irresponsible and lacking in common sense.

how did we all survive our Bmx youth without a helmet??? its all about choice and circumstances IMO. also, if helmets were all about our 'protection' then they wouldn't be so bloomin Expensive!

Lawmanmx - Member

how did we all survive our Bmx youth without a helmet??? its all about choice and circumstances IMO. also, if helmets were all about our 'protection' then they wouldn't be so bloomin Expensive!

You can get a skid lid for £6.50 from Decathlon

Great 😆

This happened to me mid April. GPS says 29.8mph. I wouldn't be posting this if my 661 recon hadn't done its job. It split down the opposite side to the impact but apart from a few cuts and bruises, various bits of trail detritus stuck in my head and a stiff neck I'm fine. I wear mine even riding around the field with my kids and always have. To me its a no-brainer!!.

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teamslug - Member
...To me its a no-brainer!!.

good for you, but compulsory?

This should be on the chat forum. Mods please move.

It should be in the sea. It's not like there aren't already ten billion virtually identical threads on the internet.

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See - body armour and no helmet. What's that about?

If you bang your head, you don't care. You're probably knocked out.

If you take a nasty elbow scrape, then, "ooyah".

I just want to clarify, I use a helmet where I deem necessary, if im up the woods sending jumps the always a helmet, if im out for a ride around the beach (fatbike) with me doggies then No helmet, trail centres/lakes/rocky rooty places Helmet, canal towpath or light xc then bald head 😆

The OP wasn't talking about [i]cycle[/i] helmets.

See - body armour and no helmet. What's that about?

Gravel Rash > Head Trauma

This happened to me mid April. GPS says 29.8mph. I wouldn't be posting this if my 661 recon hadn't done its job. [b]It split down the opposite side to the impact[/b]

If it split, what job do you think the helmet actually did?

There's nothing wrong about a helmet splitting on impact. Splitting would have absorbed energy that might otherwise have been transferred to the skull/brain (see [i]impact protection zones[/i]).

Splitting would have absorbed energy that might otherwise have been transferred to the skull/brain

Trivially correct.

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Splitting would have absorbed energy that might otherwise have been transferred to the skull/brain

Just be a man and accept it

If you prefer belief over physics, carry right on.

Jesus didn't wear a helmet and they nailed him to cross.

Vishnu wears a helmet and no nails for him, oh no.

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If you prefer belief over physics, carry right on.

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Wouldn't it be more effective (if aim is to reduce head injuries) by banning cycling rather than making it compulsory to wear helmets...