Do You Wear Protection?

[Chequered Flag Racing]

When riding your MTB, Hybrid, Roadbike etc?

Here's a personal appeal from James Cracknell

Use your head

Use your helmet

[Si Coe]

The weird thing about helmets is if you own one, you HAVE to wear it, but you rode around safely for years without one.
These days I lid up for a trip to the shops - not because its actually dangerous, but because you just know the one time you aren't wearing your helmet......

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by Si Coe

The weird thing about helmets is if you own one, you HAVE to wear it, but you rode around safely for years without one.
These days I lid up for a trip to the shops - not because its actually dangerous, but because you just know the one time you aren't wearing your helmet......

Don't think helmets were out back in the 70's when I was a teenager and rode quite a lot.

Got my first helmet free with a works 20 year service award along with a MTB. Haven't been without a helmet since.

They may be seen as 'uncool' but James C would propably not been here today if it were not for his helemt.

[Cardnim]

+1 big time.
So so so important, I would personally have cracked my skull open many times without it.

Lid up gentlemen (and ladies!)

[Big G]

every morning we see a kid riding his bike to school with the helmet on the handlebars lol

I'm looking to get a new road bike (maybe this weekend) and still have a decent giro helmet from my MTB days many moons ago

[cwilson]

i have never worn a helmet and i've never had any problems. but then again i only ride a mtb. and thats mostly on road.

[Cardnim]

Not trying to be rude, but thats a bit like saying "Ive never worn a seatbelt and Im still here".

Its the one crash which will be the exception; and unfortunately buddy, one crash is sometimes all it takes.

[eyeayen]

Originally Posted by Big G

still have a decent giro helmet from my MTB days many moons ago

Sweat deteriorates the quality of helmets, you won't be able to see it though, you should probably invest in a new one.

[simoncrabb]

I was cycling and hit a pedestrian who stepped off the pavement without looking in central London about 10 years ago.

I was wearing a cap and my helmet was at home. All I could think as I was approaching the ground was 'why is my helmet at home?', amazingly I kept my head off the ground.

The pedestrians head hit the side of my head, and I had a whopping bruise for weeks.

Helmets might not be cool, but that incident really taught me that looking cool isn't important...