Helmets look stupid

Originally Posted by House

What it comes down to is that gavin is a nutter who will shoo off any stories, evidence, facts or anything else that suggest helmets are a good thing. He doesn't like them and is closed minded about it. Looking at his posts he just wants to get a rise out of people. I say it's fine if Gavin doesn't want to wear a helmet, these things tend to sort themselves out eventually. I just hope his family has a large supply of baby food to feed him.

Originally Posted by Zeco2

Prior to 1973 (?) I used to wear a (leather) helmet in the wet and if and when I thought the occasion demanded it. During 1972, one of my fellow UK riders died as a result of hitting his head on the road and by the following year the BCF had introduced a rule making the wearing of leather helmets compulsory. No problem, in fact when one of my Campag cranks snapped during a race, I went over the bars and hit the road head first. My immediate reaction was 'I'm glad I wearing the helmet'. Note LEATHER HELMET. My only gripe was that the Chief Commissaire wouldn't let me start the next day because I hadn't finished the stage. The helmet was undamaged, as was I. Helmets under race conditions by all means but not the polystyrene rip-offs.

Incidentally, a prominent Solicitor (lawyer) recently made a very strong case in "Cycling Weekly" against the wearing of helmets for everyday cycling.



PS: I've also had Stronglight, TA and SR cranks snap. Sometimes across the pedal end but also midway.

Originally Posted by Trev_S

Ask Paolo Savoldelli if wearing a helmet may have been a sensible thing to do.

After finishing stage 11 Savoldelli rode back down off the Pla-de-Beret hit a spectator, crashing and wacked his head on the ground. You guessed it "No Helmet". Suffered a gash in his forhead requiring a number of stitches. He must have also suffered some concusion and whilst he started stage 12 the following day he withdrew early suffering from headaches caused from the previous days crash.
A dumb thing for him to do, no helmet. He was just fortunate he didn't suffer a worse head injury.

When Eddy Mazzoleni went cart wheeling over the armco railing, did you notice that when he got back up and riding he had stones embeded into the vents in his helmet?? (I guess not)




Better they stuck in the vents that stuck into his skull.
Perhaps he would have suffered a head injury to some degree if he did not have a helmet on.
I bet he is glad he was wearing one.




Lets look at an analogy.
MotGP racing. Has aurguably the best motorcycle riders in the world.
Very rarely is there a death (and any that have occured have not necesarily been from a head injury).
They crash just like in cycle racing and can suffer many varying injuries, but rarely a head injury. Maybe they don't need helmets after all???

Common sense? you obviously don't have any, perhaps you've hit your head a few to many times and can't see reality too clear.
Helmets are there to reduce the chances of suffering head injuries.

For every crash were a rider may hit/graze his head on the ground it's the helmet that absorbs the impact not his skull.



One more note:
These cycle races such as the TDF are on show for all the world to see. Riders get idolised and influence Joe Public. If/when the pro cyclist does not wear a helmet Joe Public thinks to himself I want to ride like him, off goes the helmet because I want to look cool. (a caved in skull doesn't look all that cool.) When you children say they want to be cool like the pro cyclists do you say, be careful & make sure you have your cap on.

Don't go saying only a moron would be influenced by the pro cyclists because how many bikes of 'X' brand get sold because of racing success. How many team jerseys do you own etc. etc.

Originally Posted by alan b'stard M

House,
you are a boofhead! I never head I would never wear one. On the public streret yes! Hoever in a race...no! What's the point. Raising the rare trajedy doesn't change my mind.

Like I said the tdf throughout it's history never required helmets

Thin boy think!

Originally Posted by House

1) Was that English or are you feeling the effects of a head injury?

2) I did specifically mention "gavin," is this a second screen name or is your reading as bad as your typing?

Originally Posted by House

You never did answer if that was English or a brain injury. But that's neither here nor there. How about you explain an intelligent justification for not wearing helmets. (and no "because I don't want to" does not count) If you have actually read anything about helmets in this forum or in the news with an open mind then you will have seen plenty of justification for helmets.

Originally Posted by alan b'stard M

I see no justification for helmets in a race. Absolutely none. There have been a small number of deaths in the tdf, mostly drugs! As I have said, those stats and the fact tdf has never had helmets until recently should tell you something.

So you see, history is on my side!

Originally Posted by Trev_S

When Eddy Mazzoleni went cart wheeling over the armco railing, did you notice that when he got back up and riding he had stones embeded into the vents in his helmet??

Originally Posted by House

I guess in your life you look at stats and take no precautions unless the odds are throughly against you. In other words your are so full of BS it's coming out of your eyes.