Muni poll about helmets

age: 44
year started: 1967 on bikes, 1979 on unicycles
helmet use: MUni, road riding (Coker) and racing, not for most other
riding
helmet started: I bought my first helmet in 1989, but that was for my
bike. I think I started using helmets for unicycling mostly when I got
into MUni, in the mid 1990s.

I'm one of the proponents of helmet use for MUni and high-speed racing
for two major reasons. First to protect all riders in the unlikely
event of a massive head/brain injury, and secondly to promote a
safety-conscious image for our sport. Whether the "need" for helmets is
as major as we think, images of our riders wearing them shows that we
unicyclists are thinking about what we're doing. Some countries have
less problem with liability/insurance than others, so the importance of
wearing one can be different from country to country.


--
johnfoss

John Foss
"jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com
-----------------------------------------------

"pretty much every trail that we've done on the California or Moab Muni
weekends is an XC trail." -- Kris Holm, on XC from a North Shore point
of view
------------------------------------------------------------------------
johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58392

23

started riding a couple of months ago, I would never *not* wear a
helmet during MUni and some bigger trials.


--
adam.mc37

http://tinyurl.com/yrqth4 The Gallery!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
adam.mc37's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14161
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58392