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Came off the road bike at the weekend (gravel at the bottom of a steep hill and a double blow-out). Smashed my helmet up badly and broke my collarbone. I've no desire to engage in a(nother) helmet debate but I'm bloomin' glad I had mine on.
I've no desire to engage in a(nother) helmet debate
Clearly damaged your bonce more than you thought then
in before 'rotational injury' 🙂
broke my collarbone
Heal up quickly, but why were you not wearing body armour too? 😉
i'd give it a 1/10 except for the mention of gravel and blow-outs which add some interesting detail to the tiresome "i fell off my bike and smashed my helmet" anecdotes, so 2/10.
it was a bit devoid of excitement HH, you're right. Do i get another point for the fact my wedding ring had started de-gloving my finger?
Alternatively slower speed/better tyres to avoid the blowouts, steer round the gravel and avoid the crash.
Risk compensation?
yeah. How did you get two blowouts anyway?
Get well soon btw 🙂
Ouch! I nearly fell off last night, just started to rain + greasy roads + worn Ultremos = double wheel slide on a junction. Paaarp! 🙂
How did you get two blowouts anyway?
not sure. Maybe the crash caused the blowouts rather than the other way round. It was all a bit quick and a bit unexpected and i'm still not quite sure what went wrong. I'm confident there would have been a lot of blood on the road if I was sans-helmet though.
I've not crashed for a while.
What a waste of helmet-wearing!
Love [url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/03/motorcyclist-dies-helmet-protest_n_889427.html ]this[/url] story.
Not evidence but hilarious. Darwinism at work.