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There was a cool report (I can't find a link to it at the moment) which determined that if all car drivers were made to wear helmets when driving, it would save more lives and reduce injuries than if all cyclists had to wear helmets. Weigh up the risk yourself and take advice from people you respect, but a helmet won't make you invincible. jim -- Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9416 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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Catboy wrote: *You can crash doing anything, wearing a helmet is just common sense. * *sigh* So you wear a helmet when out walking? Statistically it's more dangerous than biking, so presumably unicycling too. I wear a helmet when off-roading, because brushing past branches gets tedious after a while, and the lights mount on it. Other than that I can't see much use for putting some misshapen polystyrene cups on my head. Phil -- phil - ex-studenty type Good, bad... I'm the guy with the Cattle Prod. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ phil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/915 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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You only need a helmet if you're going to hit you're head. If you're positive you won't hit your head on anything, then there's no point in wearing a helmet. Me? I'm never sure about anything. -- mscalisi - Not such a newbie anymore ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mscalisi's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4961 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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Jim wrote: *There was a cool report (I can't find a link to it at the moment) which determined that if all car drivers were made to wear helmets when driving, it would save more lives and reduce injuries than if all cyclists had to wear helmets.* If all steering wheels had 6 inch metal spikes in the middle, facing towards the driver's chest, and no cars had seat belts, there would be almost no accidents at all. If all young men under 30 were only allowed to drive pink cars with a cute teddy bear on the bonnet, there would be fewer accidents too. Road users look at the immediate risk to themselves, not to others. The risk of being flattened by a lorry is immediate. the risk of litigation after injuring a cyclist is less immediate. Thus, motorist swerves to avoid lorry, hits cyclist. Interesting point, and probably true: if all cyclists were attractive naked women, male motorists would never fail to see them, and would always give way to them. -- Mikefule - The first cuckoo of unicycling Sumer is icomen in, loud sing Mikefule! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mikefule's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/879 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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when I'm just riding around on my muni or trials, i don't wear one. For xc muni and trials above 2 feet, I wear one. And for DH/ northshore muni, I wear a fullface (most of the time) and light body armour -- DK - a bit of the ol' ultraviolence *Knife in hand, love in heart* I never took such pleasure in a death A hatred born of freedom’s dying breath \"I don't like to use the word 'US interests.' Thats why I wish some critics, friends of ours would stop saying we go into this country, we go into that country, we do this and we do that. I say 'shhhh shhhh.' We dont do anything, they do it to us. We are part the victims, we are not part of the victimizers.\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DK's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8054 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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Personally, i own a helmet, but don't use it, except if i'm trying something new that involves a high impact (high drop, hard landing, hight speed and sudden stop). Thus, i've used it about 3 times in the last year, despite jumping 4 sets, grinding ledges, and doing 1-meter drops regularly. On the other hand, i wear gloves and leg armour any time that i plan to jump or take my feet off the pedals while riding, because i bash my legs with the pinned pedals too often to count. In addition to wearing leg and hand protection, one of my most important safety measures is knowledge. The most important lesson that i learned from skateboarding is to roll out of falls. Next time you have a hard fall, try to roll as much as possible, exaggerate it, even. Throw a couple extra rolls in just for fun. You'll notice that your body takes way less damage. If you get good at it, you can absorb hard impacts without even getting a scratch. It's amazing. Most of the time it'll save you from head impacts too. -- hecklar - Street Rider (Level 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hecklar's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6917 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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Mikefule wrote:
Interesting point, and probably true: if all cyclists were attractive naked women, male motorists would never fail to see them, and would always give way to them. They would also sit behind for quite a while before overtaking. Just to make sure it's completely safe to pass, of course. Riding naked scores 5 BIG points (I usually score 9 on my bike, if I rode naked I'd increase that to 12): URL:http://www.bikereader.com/contributors/misc/big.html -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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Danny Colyer wrote:[color=blue] *Mikefule wrote: Riding naked scores 5 BIG points (I usually score 9 on my bike, if I rode naked I'd increase that to 12 * From nine to twelve huh, so ridding naked makes your penis 25% bigger? Sounds like someone is an exhobitionist. -- cyberpunk - Become one with the Debian The following is the fault of a random google search and catboy. "Baby Laughs : The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cyberpunk's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8923 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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I wear my helmet when riding for speed(averaging 10mph) or when "attempting" to MUni. Always wear my knee, elbow, and wrist guards. But my elbow pad does not have the hard plastic. After hearding your story, I may start wearing elbow pads with the plastic. As for the helmet, I don't wear it as much. My body gets burning hot after riding hard for 30min. I luv my uni cause I burn lots of calories when riding my Coker. After riding for about 30min the heat from my head causes me to slow down and tire. So I have been experimenting with no helment when casual riding and freestyling. I do wear the helment when it gets dark cause of my cool halogen headlight mounted on my helmet. -- leadpan - OC Cokeur "Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever" - Lance Armstrong ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leadpan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9751 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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if you wanna be saft, get a motocross helmet. -- eljest - free your mind the life is what you make it to ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eljest's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8460 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42239 |
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