BIKE HELMETS.....Do YOU wear one??
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I would be dead except for my bike helmet. I was passed out for 20 minutes, CAT scanned, seperated shoulder...big mess. Helmet was cracked in 5 places with rocks all stuck in it. It worked flawlessly. I would not climb on a bike without one. Thank you Giro.
It not a matter of if you will crash, but when.0 -
I absolutely do.
I had a friend who didn't.0 -
I would be dead except for my bike helmet. I was passed out for 20 minutes, CAT scanned, seperated shoulder...big mess. Helmet was cracked in 5 places with rocks all stuck in it. It worked flawlessly. I would not climb on a bike without one. Thank you Giro.
It not a matter of if you will crash, but when.
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Haven't been on my bike in ages, but would wear a helmet if I was gonna ride! A good helmet saved my nephew's bacon at least once. He went over the hood & windshield of a lady's car when she turned in front of him. Paramedics were impressed with the helmet (he rides for Team Specialized, and we are very thankful for the good gear they supply him with!!) and how well it protected his head. He was scraped and bruised, but walked away from the accident.
As much as I love the feeling of riding without a helmet, and grew up not ever wearing one, I would now, and always did back in my mountain biking days.
Be safe!0 -
Yes, we wear helmets.0
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I *always* wear a helmet. I like my brain in my head where it belongs.0
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My fiance was in a bike wreck a few years ago. If he hadn't been wearing his helmet he would have died. His head hit the asphalt and to see the helmet afterwards was gut-wrenching. Yes,
i wear a helmet. You can get them for $30..... that's a cheap insurance policy if you ask me!0 -
Yes always. I have crashed hard enough to shatter helmets. I still was pretty banged up but i was not a vegetable afterwards.
Whats sad us seeing people wear the incorrectly. Pushed back on your head is not correct.
But you're not wearing on in your profile picture....:huh:
Well said :huh: :noway:0 -
Yes always. I have crashed hard enough to shatter helmets. I still was pretty banged up but i was not a vegetable afterwards.
Whats sad us seeing people wear the incorrectly. Pushed back on your head is not correct.
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I've witnessed too many scary brain injuries that come from head trauma to NOT wear a helmet, whether biking or snowboarding.
You only get one brain people, protect it!0 -
The only reason that I still have a brother is that he was wearing a helmet when he got hit by a very large truck. The inside of that helmet looked like a cracked eggshell. That would have been his skull.
So yes. I wear a helmet. My kids also wear helmets, and they are absolutely not allowed to ride without one.0 -
i wear a helmet now. i started riding my bike again after many many years this summer and without the helmet. but i almost fell a couple times. so i broke down and bought one. i look like a dork but at least im some what protecting my brain. people at the park and on the roads are crazy. lol.0
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Always! (But never used to - then again I didn't ride much)
My parenting style is usually "do as I say - not as I do" but I thought about it and I realized it is just as important for my son to see me value my own life/health as much as I value his. Make sense?0 -
I always wear a helmet while biking and even while skiing now.
A few years ago I was testing out a new bike and didn't bring a helmet along with me. I figured I was just going around the block so no biggie. I don't know what happened but I wound up thrown from the bike and lost consciousness for a few minutes. No damage (well, broken collar bone, that healed), but it terrified me! The last bike I bought I wore a helmet to ride it around the store *lol*0 -
YES I wear all the bike gear...helmet, gloves bike pants. Once I flipped my bike back over front because I hit the wrong brake OPPS. I was lucky and was not injured...but I DID have my helmet on.. they are comfortable, keep the sun off my head, and help to keep me warmer in the winter. Mine is pink:flowerforyou:0
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I felt so stupid when I first started back biking as an adult. I had never worn one as a kid. But I do triathlon and they are required so I figured I may as well get used to it. I can't imagine going without it now. Second nature.0
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Never. Helmets are for dorks. I've never seen anybody at the gym wearing a helmet in the stationary bike area.
On the other hand, if I owned a mobile bicycle, I would certainly wear a helmet. I figure, yeah, it looks stupid, but it looks a lot less stupid than leaving my little girl to take care of her damaged mama for the rest of her life, or worse yet, without a mama and living with her alcoholic cokehead *kitten* loser biodad that can't be bothered to cut her a check for swimming lessons. Wait, how did he show up here??0 -
I never thought about it. When my son rides his bike (he's 3.) he has a helmet. I've never put one on him either when he is in the cart riding with us. The cart is supposed to be a 'no tip' cart, but maybe he should have one on then as well. I never thought of telling my kids to do it, and then not bothering to do it for myself...GOOD POINT!0
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I bike and ski, and wear a helmet doing either. You can get messed up even if you are really careful, really safe, and go slow -- even if you do everything right, that's no guarantee that there won't be some other person doing everything wrong with no regard for your safety. And there's no guarantee that some crud on the ground or a bike malfunction won't flip you over the handlebars -- that happened to me as a kid and I still have weird scars all over my elbows.0
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Never. Helmets are for dorks. I've never seen anybody at the gym wearing a helmet in the stationary bike area.
On the other hand, if I owned a mobile bicycle, I would certainly wear a helmet. I figure, yeah, it looks stupid, but it looks a lot less stupid than leaving my little girl to take care of her damaged mama for the rest of her life, or worse yet, without a mama and living with her alcoholic cokehead *kitten* loser biodad that can't be bothered to cut her a check for swimming lessons. Wait, how did he show up here??
Hahahahaha whaaaat? I think OP *was* talking about on "mobile" bikes. It is for sure dorky to wear a helmet on a stationary bike unless you have a medical condition that necessitates wearing a helmet always.0 -
Tomorrow i'm picking up a mountain bike from my boss, and it's guaranteed that i'll be sporting one.0
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me and my wife used to not, but as we have encountered many close calls and jerks on the road it has become manditory for everyone in our house0
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me and my wife used to not, but as we have encountered many close calls and jerks on the road it has become manditory for everyone in our house
Sounds like a good rule...I think I'lll start it in my house as well.
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I just crashed tonight. Feels like my ribs are broke and can't put weight on my hip but hit my head on the road very hard. Cracked my helmet in 2 places. I feel i would of taken a helicopter ride as well without a helmet. ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET!. This happened only 3/4 of a mile from home. Even short rides needs one!0
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Absolutely and it is against the law in my state to ride a bike without one!0
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Yes I do. I make my children wear one so only think it is fair. Plus I don't trust people driving to watch out for people on bikes.0
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I am a TBI (traumatic brain injury) survivor from a car accident in '89 so there is NO WAY I would ever get on my bike without my helmet. Yes, they are not the most fashionable things out there - but who needs fashion when it can save your life.
It is also a law in California for anyone under 18, yet I see a lot of young kids riding around our HOA without them. My husband is a deputy & it was time for the shift change, so I knew where I could find some deputies & drove over there. I talked with one that I knew & explained what I saw. I then asked him if he could wait a few minutes & then come to our HOA. I went home & soon saw him stopping one of the kids, putting the bike in the trunk of his car & the kid in the front & drive off. He wasn't taking the kid to jail, he took him home & turned him over to his mom. I now see the same kid riding with a helmet. I'm just hoping that the kid will pass the word along to his friends about what happened.0 -
My father was in a bike accident and was severely injured. The doctors showed him his helmet and said if not for the helmet that would have been his head, G-d forbid. His helmet saved his life.
Edit to add: A few years back my uncle who was an avid biker was in a SEVERE bike accident involving an 18 wheeler truck. He is paralyzed from his waist down. He has had many complications health wise due to the accident. I cant imagine what could have happened if not for his helmet.
ALWAYS wear a helmet. It has saved many lives of people close to me.0 -
I always do and my daughter too. My husband does not.:embarassed: Even though, he always makes our daughter wear hers when they go out together.0
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Always. Mine's super cute, too.
http://www.amazon.com/Nutcase-Watermelon-Helmet-Small-Medium/dp/B004XYISNU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347237641&sr=8-1&keywords=watermelon+helmet
Honestly, I don't understand why someone wouldn't wear one.0
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