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The anti Helmet on this news group
Are they roadies or mountain bikers? It's just the within the MTB community
the wearing of helmets there is no debate just everyone wears them and I don't know what the roadie opinion is. Gareth |
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:54:07 +0100, gareth price wrote:
Are they roadies or mountain bikers? It's just the within the MTB community the wearing of helmets there is no debate just everyone wears them and I don't know what the roadie opinion is. I'm anti and a roadie (see tale of stelvio slicks on fen mud). At a big ride of local 'benters last year (well, nine of us), both gloves and mirrors out-numbered helmets. Mike |
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gareth price wrote:
Are they roadies or mountain bikers? It's just the within the MTB community the wearing of helmets there is no debate just everyone wears them and I don't know what the roadie opinion is. I don't think anyone's anti helmet (though many think they could be designed a lot better). Among roadies, we're not anti-helmet, we're anti-compulsion. i.e. we're anti being told to wear them when the case for isn't sufficiently demonstrated and the case against is largely ignored by the pro-compulsion faction. Phil |
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gareth price wrote:
Are they roadies or mountain bikers? It's just the within the MTB community the wearing of helmets there is no debate just everyone wears them and I don't know what the roadie opinion is. Well, speaking as neither a roadie, or a mountie, I use my bike primarily as a commuting aid and would classify myself as a utility cyclist (utie?). I don't wear a lid now, I used to before I read the research, but not any more. To put it simply, in any crash, you are going to have one of the following scenarios. 1. The impact will be low speed enough for a helmet to be effective and it will save you from some injury, although probably not life threatening. 2. The impact will be of sufficiently high speed to render the helmet useless as it falls outside the design parameters. Not wearing a helmet will result in concussion, maybe a cracked skull and other superficial injuries. Wearing a helmet may prevent the superficial injuries, but you could get torsional injuries to your brain instead. 3. The impact speed is so high you are dead meat regardless. Add in the discomfort of getting broiled in the summer and water dripping down your neck in the winter it is not much of a contest. -- Don Whybrow Sequi Bonum Non Time Give your child mental blocks for Christmas. |
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"gareth price" wrote in message ... Are they roadies or mountain bikers? It's just the within the MTB community the wearing of helmets there is no debate just everyone wears them and I don't know what the roadie opinion is. Anti-compulsion across the board. That's it. If you want to take part in a race, you have to wear one. If you are hacking down unfamiliar countryside, it's your choice. If you are popping to pick up some eggs and milk, it's your choice. I'd call it overkill. This is the debate that makes cyclists look like pedants. And we're not, mostly. It is not neccesary to wear one every time you ride a bike. |
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gareth price said the following on 15/08/2006 22:54:
Are they roadies or mountain bikers? It's just the within the MTB community the wearing of helmets there is no debate just everyone wears them and I don't know what the roadie opinion is. It appears to be amongst road users mainly. MTB'ers (including myself on my "other" bike) wear them because there is obviously more risk of coming off the bike, where they just protect against bumps and scrapes or overhead branches. Theoretically there's far less risk of coming off your bike on your own on the road, so the need for protection is less. Being wallopped off your bike by a car is a different issue, and that is where the protection a helmet provides is variable, depending on the circumstances. A fair number of MTBers also wear body armour voluntarily. Better not let the helmet-compulsion crowd see that! -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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elyob wrote: snip This is the debate that makes cyclists look like pedants. And we're not, mostly. It is not neccesary to wear one every time you ride a bike. "necessary" Sorry, couldn't resist. Tim. |
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gareth price wrote: Are they roadies or mountain bikers? It's just the within the MTB community the wearing of helmets there is no debate just everyone wears them and I don't know what the roadie opinion is. Gareth Keep up at the back there. You haven't been listening have you ? |
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"elyob" wrote in
: It is not neccesary to wear one every time you ride a bike. I think that just about sums it up. |
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:54:07 +0100, gareth price wrote:
Are they roadies or mountain bikers? It's just the within the MTB community the wearing of helmets there is no debate yes there is just everyone wears them No they don't. Steve |
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