"If he had worn a helmet, he would have been fine. It can happen to anyone at any time."
Nobody can know that though KK - I can understand how you'd think that but there's no evidence to back it up and we shouldn't compel people to do things without proper evidence. The stats suggest that any benefit in wearing a helmet is very small, if there is any at all - he may have been fine, he may have been no better off, the added weight of the helmet may have caused greater momentum and greater brain injury - normally it's not the skull that cracks but the brain shaken inside the skull. Either way good luck to him.
i had a mate when working at EDS that was training for IM Lanz not where a lid .... a car stoped in front of hom he hit it ... sharp traumer to the head.
Docs sad lid woul dhave probaly protected himm .. his family are now very vocal about the waring of lids
I'm going to bliddy wear one as I am a serious liability to myself and others!!
I'm glad you are.
I can understand how you'd think that but there's no evidence to back it up and we shouldn't compel people to do things without proper evidence.
Perhaps all the people whose helmet meant that an accident only resulted in a scratch and not a head injury, and who consequently never got seen by A&E could be counted in some way... Difficult though since they had no need for treatment... As there's no evidence to suggest they're harmful, and there are instances in which they can substantially reduce the risk of becoming a vegetable, I'll carry on wearing mine.
Helmets are compulsory in tri, so maybe more tri people wear helmets 'cos they've already got one? £150 on a helmet is daft though. Won't make much difference as even the cheap ones have to comply with safety standards, and there's a lot of comfy helmets with plenty of airholes for £20-40, which isn't much compared to what most triathletes spend on a bike!
My housemate wrote off a Volvo with his head whilst wearing a bike helmet, and was back at uni a year later. No, I can't promise that the bike helmet saved his life - but until anyone volunteers to re-enact the crash without one just to prove a point, I'm wearing mine.
I wont wear one until its the law. Yes I know the risks and I could probably just as likely get hit by a bus. I am not going to do a risk assessment on everything I do in life. Each to their own, I have got this far unscathed.
FB/DG - Helmets are compulsory in road racing too - I think there is more to it than that - there's a definite hostility to not wearing a helmet amongst some triathletes, you see it on tritalk - no doubt some roadies feel the same but enough don't that anyone that was too strident about helmet wearing would get flak - the attitude seems to be more each to his or her own.
I only go on there to help them out when they're fretting about wheres best to place a water bottle and should they ride a front disk, or actually learn to ride a bike.
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"If he had worn a helmet, he would have been fine. It can happen to anyone at any time."
Nobody can know that though KK - I can understand how you'd think that but there's no evidence to back it up and we shouldn't compel people to do things without proper evidence. The stats suggest that any benefit in wearing a helmet is very small, if there is any at all - he may have been fine, he may have been no better off, the added weight of the helmet may have caused greater momentum and greater brain injury - normally it's not the skull that cracks but the brain shaken inside the skull. Either way good luck to him.
i had a mate when working at EDS that was training for IM Lanz not where a lid .... a car stoped in front of hom he hit it ... sharp traumer to the head.
Docs sad lid woul dhave probaly protected himm .. his family are now very vocal about the waring of lids
I'm going to bliddy wear one as I am a serious liability to myself and others!!
I'm glad you are.
I can understand how you'd think that but there's no evidence to back it up and we shouldn't compel people to do things without proper evidence.
Perhaps all the people whose helmet meant that an accident only resulted in a scratch and not a head injury, and who consequently never got seen by A&E could be counted in some way... Difficult though since they had no need for treatment... As there's no evidence to suggest they're harmful, and there are instances in which they can substantially reduce the risk of becoming a vegetable, I'll carry on wearing mine.
My housemate wrote off a Volvo with his head whilst wearing a bike helmet, and was back at uni a year later. No, I can't promise that the bike helmet saved his life - but until anyone volunteers to re-enact the crash without one just to prove a point, I'm wearing mine.
I think we've started talking about the wrong type of helmet.
It hasn't happened yet .....
It isn't against the law....
Minky!
I knew a helmet thread could last without you
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at the end of the day, wearing helmets isn't compulsory so it's down to individual choice
nuff said
FB/DG - Helmets are compulsory in road racing too - I think there is more to it than that - there's a definite hostility to not wearing a helmet amongst some triathletes, you see it on tritalk - no doubt some roadies feel the same but enough don't that anyone that was too strident about helmet wearing would get flak - the attitude seems to be more each to his or her own.
go wash your mouth out you traitor......... ;O)
tripetalkers are up their backsides about most things - nearly as bad as that lot from slowtwitch........
you don't have to wear a helmet in time trials but obv an aero lid will help you no end
sure you'll all be delighted to learn some TriTalkers refer to this forum as RimmersW
but please -if people are going to wear a helmet ffs wear it properly
nothing annoys me more than seeing someone on a bike wearing a helmet pushed back off their forehead and not strapped on properly
oh and sometimes i wear mine sometimes i dont -never did as a kid and i fell off a bike too many times
(always wear one playing hockey tho)