Helmets

Under "show options" click on "other posting" or something like that..
I'm no techie but I imagine that he's using the same e-mail adress and
a different handle.

Do you really think it a good probability that any 79 yo is posting
here to find out if he can go strapless?

But if I'm wrong--well then I'd just use super glue.

Will wrote:

Having been over the bars and headfirst onto asphalt in the good old
days before helmets (my sewup peeled and lodged in the fork), I would
strongly urge you not to find out the HARD way. Believe me, road rash
does not compare.

Will


I'm with you, Will. I recently fell hard. The side of my head slapped
the pavement hard enough to groove and dent the helmet. I had a sore
neck for a few days, but otherwise came through with no head injury.

Velcro!

kj wrote:
Velcro!

I think a staple gun would do the trick. Staple the strap to the side
of the face. then it won't go under the chin.

Maggie

Will wrote:

Maggie wrote:

I never wear a helmet when I am cycling around town.

IMO - A person who rides like me, usually does not fall on their head.
It is usually a leg scrap for something. Unless this gentleman is into
riding in alot of traffic or pushing himself to the limit....I think he
can get away without a helmet to give him a comfortable ride. I bought
a helmet for the charity ride, if I had not needed it, I probably still
would not have one.
Maggie

Having been over the bars and headfirst onto asphalt in the good old
days before helmets (my sewup peeled and lodged in the fork), I would
strongly urge you not to find out the HARD way. Believe me, road rash
does not compare.

Well people slip in the bathtub and kill themselves and a few more
bang their heads pretty hard as well. I'm sure it's a nasty experience
if it happens.

But I grew up riding a bike along with all my friends and everyone at
school, and nobody wore a helmet. We certainly crashed, yet everyone
I knew or knew of managed to survive. Crashes involved bent elbows,
knees and perhaps shoulders. Not so much head slams.

I do know people (kids my age) who died in car crashes and a couple
that drowned.

Wear a helmet if you really fear what could happen, but despite your
fears, you may find out that your life and health are more endangered
from activities other than bicycling without a helmet!


SMH

Stephen Harding wrote:

Wear a helmet if you really fear what could happen, but despite your
fears, you may find out that your life and health are more endangered
from activities other than bicycling without a helmet!

Just curious... do you feel the same way about seatbelts?

Will

Will wrote:
Stephen Harding wrote:

Wear a helmet if you really fear what could happen, but despite
your
fears, you may find out that your life and health are more
endangered
from activities other than bicycling without a helmet!

Just curious... do you feel the same way about seatbelts?

Why do I suspect that, rather than being "just curious," you actually
have a point to make?

Why do you think seatbelts and bicycle helmets are comparable?

RichC

"Peter" reply to newsgroup only writes:

I am a 79 year old senior citizen, but I am still able to ride my almost 50
year old three-speed "Made in England" bicycle.

However I have been unable to find a bicycle helmet that is held onto one's
head without the strap under the chin. Unfortunately at my age that strap
is not tolerable for me.

Hence I wonder if anyone in this group might have some suggestions for a
bicycle helmet that can safely be used without the use of chin straps.

You don't mention if you still have hair or not. If not, I suggest
purchasing some rubber glue from a carpet store. This will hold the
helmet quite firmly and is surprisingly comfortable. (I was going to
recomend using tubasi, but as you describe your bike as a "made in
England" three speed, I assume you are using clinchers.)

If you still have a full head of hair don't worry, all is not lost.
Screws designed for particle board will work great. The trick is to
first drill a properly sized pilot hole (not too deep!) and to file
the points off the screws to avoid piercing the dura. I have had
problems with the steel or plated screws rusting. Stainless is really
the way to go, especialy if you ride a lot. Unfortunately, stainless
steel particle board screws can be hard to find. A workable
compromise may be to use ordinary stainless capscrews, as these are
redily available in bike shops. I do, however, have my doubts as to
how well these would hold in a crash.

Done properly, screws can be as comfortable and durable as the carpet
glue, and some even claim additional benefits:

http://www.trepan.com/scroll.html

But I feel the evidence for this is lacking.

Will wrote:
Stephen Harding wrote:

Wear a helmet if you really fear what could happen, but despite
your
fears, you may find out that your life and health are more
endangered
from activities other than bicycling without a helmet!

Just curious... do you feel the same way about seatbelts?

Will

My son was in an accident over the weekend (yes it was a hell of a
weekend, I got the call at 2:30 a.m.) and the car only had an air bag
on the drivers side.

My son was driving and the one with the protection of the air bag. The
guy in the passenger seat did not have a seat belt on and he has a hell
of a lot of stiches in his face and pretty swollen. Knowing him he
will create of story of how he was in a fight. He gets off on fight
stories for some reason.

Seatbelts are definately a necessity. Especially riding shotgun in cars
that do not have airbags on both sides. You are sitting in a death
seat.

You don't have that belt on, you are right through the windshield.

Maggie
Maggie

23 May 2005 11:41:48 -0700,
.com, "Will"
wrote:

Wear a helmet if you really fear what could happen, but despite your
fears, you may find out that your life and health are more endangered
from activities other than bicycling without a helmet!

Just curious... do you feel the same way about seatbelts?

Get serious. Seat belts, air bags and molded foam liners are needed
inside your stinky scuds because those filthy things constitute deadly
menaces to their passengers as well as anyone else encountering them.

There is no reason for seat belts on bicycles.
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zk