Wear your helmet!

Guest

Maybe there's something in this.  Think about it...  to design a helmet marketed toward teenagers wouldn't really take all that much.  Maybe some radical political slogans, cartoon characters, sex, satanism...  some real possibilities here.  The way I see it, the helmet to which the parent says "you're not riding around the block in that!" is the one most teenagers will go for every time!

;D

Guest

C_L - Think this one will be a best seller.

dimboy2

I heard "Briko" had some job vacancies lol

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Guest

When I was a teenager I fell off my skateboard was not wearing a helmet :'( this was back in the 70's when nobody was wearing them. cut a long story short I was 2 weeks in hospital 4 weeks off school,never again, I always wear one now (when riding that is)  ;D 8)

Guest

I;ve had more falls than I care to remember, never hit my head on the road tho *;D I've always had a helmet on, luckey it was never damaged hehe *:

dimboy2

hmm good job! hehe

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Guest

I landed head first in a crash last October (took a roundabout too fast in the wet).  Good thing I had my helmet on.  Otherwise, what would this forum be without my spanky posts? ;D

(feel free not to answer that!)

Guest

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Good thing I had my helmet on. *Otherwise, what would this forum be without my spanky posts? ;D
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Would you like me to delete your posts so we can see?  

Guest

All you guys (and girls) who have managed to crack your helmets.  WOW!!  I have fallen on my head (helmet on) about 5 times now (in a year) on my MTB.  Three of them were huge and I expected to find the helmet cracked.  (Coz I was seeing stars, dizzy and feeling nauseus after the fall, so I knew I had fallen hard.)  To my surprize, my helmet (an MET Roadrunner II) stood upto the abuse and there are no cracks.  (I've looked really carefully and it has a crash guarantee so if it was I'd get it replaced)

Nevertheless, I fell hard.  If you fell and were not wearing a lid, your head would be splattered all over the road.  I shudder just thinking about it.  Besides, I actually feel uncomfortable riding without one, so I'm glad I've got into the habit of not being able to ride a bike unless I'm wearing my lid. 8)

Guest

Oh, so that's how you stay in front of me in the post count then?

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Eldron

I blame the parents!!! Up until the time I could afford a decent helmet I used to ride/skate/roll around in a p!sspot. I hated the thing and it was so heavy I got neck ache from it.

C'mon parents - buy your kids a swish lid!

Guest

My experiece was just over 4 weeks ago in a velodrome. Coming down the banking i went to go sit in behind another persons wheel but instead crossed his wheel by about 4 inches. I was aware what was happening so used my upper body strength to push of his rear wheel to hold myself up. Hearing my wheel rub his he accelerated away.
The result was me hitting the deck all tensed up snapping my collar bone first then my head hitting the ground smashing the left side of my helmet into pieces. I then proceeded to roll and slide with my whole body weight(90kgs) on the left side of my head at one stage(lucky i got a rugby neck).
If i hadn't been wearing my helmet i would probably have a cracked skull and missing all the skin on the left side of my head.
I've always worn a helmet and considered that if it wasnt law here in Australia i wouldn't wear one. That has now changed.

Im now in the process of getting a new helmet through crash replacement policy.

Just my two cents