Thread 1960158

Do you wear a helmet while riding your bicycle?

no i'd rather die than look like you fucking nerds

>>1960158 (OP)
>>1960161
this

>>1960158 (OP)
No, but I also mostly ride bikes using the local bikeshare and it'd look pretty dumb carrying a helmet around for the off-chance I hope onto the bike.

>>1960158 (OP)
Long rides 40-50km+ yes.
Short spins around my town, grocery runs in the afternoon, no.
Trail riding and downhill, yes.

Yes

>>1960158 (OP)
Do you?

Yes because I have broken them before and it helps block the sun out of my eyes. When i go bald in a decade or two it will hold the cyclist cap/doo rag so I don't get sun burns.

>>1960226
>not going bald for an entire decade
>wears a helmet
LOL reality is going to hit you like a balding freight train

no i am indirectly suicidal

tirocks,,,where larger danger in big city Yerington.,
,,grabel roadstill spit them up.,
,,
,,,,,was raceing garbage truck(Winning), psychic BLASTWAVE eminating from BurningMAN SLAMSIDE!,,starts a highspeed wobble,,left,right,Left,Right,LEFT,RIGHTrying to slowdown,LEFT>frontire tucks aaaaaaand>\
,FLIP sideways tumblilng like those NASCAR pics!,
,,,bounced off head,,chewed quarter of my gear OFF!,
,
,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,im 3 inchstall,,no? im 6 inchstall??3?6?3?6?,,
,,,depends what eye i open?,,,,
,,,,,,,,,igetit! im laying on my side head on the ground!,,,,truck driver standing over me.,
,,,pull self upright,,debri field of things from basket around me,,guns,,,lots of bullets,,moneys,,snacks.,
,,ya,helmet gouged!,thanks!,
,,,ambulance shows before i get backin saddle,,have them check mefor broken bones.,
,,,,,goodtogo!,had to use granny gear,skin gone off left palm/thats gona hurt!did.

>>1960158 (OP)
No, being a braindead vegetable is my fetish, I hope I can be one some day

>>1960270
Glad you're okay Baconrider, you're a treasure.

>>1960158 (OP)
always

>>1960158 (OP)
one time when i was like 5 i almost got rape by a car bc i could hear with a helmet on, from that age, no helmet at all

>>1960554
couldnt* hear my gp saying, "hey retard watch out for the car"

It's illegal not to here thanks to this busybody. $1000 fine for not complying.

>>1960270
Is this the origin of the typing style?

>>1960554
Most helmets don't cover your ears.

>>1960158 (OP)
After looking for the "best" value (low cost) helmet for like 5+mins, i found something.

Now i want someone to tell me, is there a BETTER helmet i could get for under 90-160$ ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPSjKSf6fqQ

>>1960215
Carry some bag that you can crush into your pocket, pull out bag, uncrush it, put helmet in bag.

Now you are just a person carrying stuff in bag like 90% of people in towns/cities.

And you want soda's, beers, snack bars, a box of food or something? And you want to save it for when not near town?
Well now you have a helmet bag to carry that stuff too.

>>1960554
yeah i've stopped pants when cycling because i can't see well otherwise

>>1960220
>Long rides
>40-50km
I think you should always wear one, gramps.

>>1960158 (OP)
Yeah you are retarded if you don't.

>>1960161
fpbp

I've done weeklong tours, commuted for years, and now I'm a regular 150 mile/week roadie. I don't wear one and I never will. If I was racing I would, but that's it.

When mountain biking? Always. When riding with other people? Always. When riding to the store or to work? No. Helmets are just one more kind of protective gear, and like anything else we adjust the gear we wear according to the activity we're doing. The only time I think there's a question in my mind is for road cycling, which is a low risk activity, but on the other hand a helmet can actually be more aero than no helmet... I've also ridden easily 50,000+ road miles with nothing but a cycling cap but I wear a helmet for this too since I've got a couple nice ones already, so I might as well use them.

>>1962215
>When riding to the store or to work? No.
riding in the city is when you're the most vulnerable

>>1960223
Middle isn't doesn't even look good ironically yet, maybe 40 more years of decay.

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes. It's a soft helmet, so I don't know how good it is...

Yeah, always. It has literally kept my face from smashing into the pavement after sliding out on ice.
That and it holds my helmet cam in place.

>>1960158 (OP)
Yeah, I bought a used one for cheap and plasti-dipped it for extra steeze.

>>1962491
Forgot pic

Yeah
The wind exposes my thinning hairline

Always

>>1962245
1 inch of styrofoam wont help you if karen hits you with 5000lbs of freedom

>>1960158 (OP)

source?

>>1962970
Your mom

>>1963681

N-nani !?!?

>>1960228
balding is caused by hair follicle growth cycle that's vulnerable to DHT in the normal male endocrine cycle
helmet wearing may aggravate hair loss in its further stages but is decidedly not the cause

>>1962933
it will however reduce the g-load on your braincase/brain as ypur head hits the ground
bike accidents that are fatal/serious usually are precisely because of head injuries
wearing a helmet is worth it as it can prevent negative outcomes
you'd find it ridiculous for a person using an angle grinder to not wear eye protection because "hey if that thing shatters bad enough the goggles wont help me"

>>1960599
R E K T
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>>1960158 (OP)
No. If I get a head injury, it will not be because I fell off my bike. It will be because some soccer mom plowed into me with her 5-ton GMC SUV. Also helmets look dumb.

>>1960158 (OP)
only so my gf wont nag me about it
it doesnt make me feel any safer and i cant afford a nice one thats comfortable and would offer any real safety
i have a fullface mtb helmet from when i was younger and thought id be a downhill racer when i grow up but it doesnt fit me anymore :(
now i have a cheap no brand bmx helmet that doesnt also fit me and just allround sucks but my gf insists

>>1960270
omg rare bacon rider pic???
i love you <3

>>1960559
thats a motorcycle helmet
maybe for ebike it would be worth it but for a normal bicycle that things gonna become a bucket of steam and sweat

>>1962466
wow doing that in those shoes is impressive as fuck

>>1960230
saem
i ride like a maniac
if i die i die thats just how it is when the oil industry put cars everywhere
id actually rather die when the car hits me surviving would be worse

>>1960556
what nightmare land do you live in?
>>1960599
long is relative kill yourself
>>1962492
you should put some rainbowflective parts on your bike to match lol
>>1964490
>imagine allowing testosterone to destroy your body in current year
>>1964491
i have never seen anyone wear goggles with an angle grinder
tbdesu i wouldnt want to be anywhere near one of those things even in a bomb suit

On roads basically always. Road quality is variable around me, plus cars, plus foot traffic. I am less worried about it saving me from a oncoming semi and more concerned with having to dodge into a bad spot or brake unexpectedly.
On dedicated paved trail, I don't feel like I really need it but often times I have it because I eventually have to hit road. Or light dirt.
On light single/double track I know that I'm underbiking it so I wear the helmet. It already saved me once, fell off a hill and stopped myself with my limbs and my bike with my helmeted head.
The exception is forest roads, gravel paths, rail, and canal trail. The traffic is minimal, the terrain is comfy, and the elevation isn't insane. If it is a big downhill on a gravel road I will put the helmet on but then I just take it right off to hang on the handlebars. I usually try to bike to wherever I want to ride but sometimes it's worth hopping on the train or driving to get to the good completely separated trail.

I will never understand the weird motorcycle helmet shitposting on /n/. No one, anywhere, is wearing a motorcycle helmet to ride a bicycle, but more importantly, no one believes that anyone, anywhere is wearing a motorcycle helmet to ride a bicycle. Truly a strange choice of shitpost.

>>1964491
>wearing a helmet is worth it as it can prevent negative outcomes
Very true! It can make the difference between an open-casket vs closed-casket funeral when some dumbfuck on her cellphone runs you over.

So much cope ITT from insecure faggot

>>1960158 (OP)
>>1960282
Same reason that soldiers wear helmets/

HELL no. half of a good bike ride is the wind in your hair and skin

Yes.

Had my first big crash and my helmet probably saved my life.

Yeah, I have a helmet.
I only take it to group rides where it's part of the rules. "Insurance requires all riders to have helmets" blah blah.
There's always some goober safety-police that seethes if I take it off 'temporarily'.

Yeah after I fractured my skull (collapsing like a card tower out of nowhere) and got small bleeds on the brain while being totally unconscious lying in the road. I broke my collar bone of course but that was minor in comparion.

'lol yeah I will wear a helmet out on a proper road ride but why bother just coming to and fro into town at 15mph fuck that haha-ACK!!' - me.

>>1960158 (OP)
I wear a non balistic bump helmet as my cycling helmet, Its what I normally mount my night vision monocular to when hunting, it looks a little less gay, but its a fraction of the safetey I think.
I am planning to get a non balistic face shield for it too

>>1960158 (OP)
believe it or not this faggot redpilled me on how helmets are useless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkyaDB3zGRM
however someday i might buy one of those sexy motorcycle full head helmets and mod it to look like a stormtrooper or some shit like that...

>>1966315
You're getting shot at regularly?

>>1968494
Soldiers don't have helmets because of bullets. They're for shrapnel and not hitting your head on things.

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes, I do. No, I don't live in a bike-friendly city.

>>1960161
fippy bippy

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes, I'm not a retard and don't want to become one.

>>1960230
why?

>>1960158 (OP)
>oh look it's THIS shit again
fucking troll thread
kill yourself OP

>>1960158 (OP)
When riding the first flame? No.
When riding the missus? Yes.

>>1964640
ywnbaw

>>1968501
I'm afraid of EV
http://livingstingy.blogspot.com/2023/12/anatomy-of-hit-piece.html?m=1
Silent killers of the road

>>1960161
Problem is, you wont die, you'll just be a vegetable. Which is even lamer imo.

>>1969428
enjoy that bald spot <3

>>1960158 (OP)
No.
Stop asking me about the cripple generator.

>>1971389
What? Every troon has severe balding lol. Balding is genetic, anyways.

Not balding is caused by low test levels.

>>1960161
>>1960164
>>1968552
>>1960215
>>1960230
>>1960272
>>1964561
>>1964640
>>1964736
>>1968109
>>1972845
retard

>>1960158 (OP)
Louik’s FSuik Aund SQuik (Formerly Sneed’s).

>>1972879
delusional cageoid

>>1972879

is he ok

>>1960158 (OP)
MIPS or die, mutant. Unless you enjoy 40 years of agonizing vegetable?

>>1972879
Where the hell did he buy a T-shirt that that signals his state? How does it work?

>>1972879
He's likely dead anyway but why is the cameraman touching him and moving him around

>>1972879
ah yes, the average cyclist is a bmx fag doing stupid shit of course

>>1964734
i'm convinced that about 90% of this board doesn't even cycle

>>1972879
>dazed and confused
jej

>>1960158 (OP)
Never. Sometimes I put one in my bag so once I get to my destination I can carry it around and remind the cagies and fats that I'm better than them though.

>>1973391
It is a general transportation board, not a cycling board.

NOTE:
ALL HELMET THREADS ON /n/ ARE TROLL THREADS

>>1960158 (OP)
I do now. A couple of months ago, I fell of my bike and ended up fracturing my face.

>>1960158 (OP)
i just bought a new one because my gf insists i wear one
i bought this one cos it looks nice and is adjustable and cheap
idk if its any good in terms of protection but better than nothing i guess and it shuts my gf up

>>1976381
I want this helmet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8YPNM-F_o
Haha

>>1960158 (OP)
>just a helmet
People without FULL armor suits deserve to get rammed by trucks and junk.

>>1978074
>inb4 armor doesn't do anything
It's worse then people saying medicine doesn't do anything.

>>1978075
The trick is multi layer.
How many layers?
3, 4, maybe 5 ?

>>1978075
I know there's gonna be a couple people that say medicine/armor doesn't do anything.
I'm kinda looking forward to it.

>>1964635
Yeah yeah now turn your trip back on

>>1964640
>you should put some rainbowflective parts on your bike to match lol
Way ahead of you, friend. Ordered reflective decals for my fork on eBay. Somehow they are even better quality than the original ones.

>>1978149
thatardummyshithishead,,, tomany times!
,,soglad you canspothishell post.,
,,,,IDF,, idiot dementia fatty needs myouso bad itsickening!
>>1964635
,,,weverifyour postothe firstime,, 1977,, when you ‘’hacked UCIrvine library to shipost “My comfy chair”,
,,,thishitusin thead,,, noweneed helmits!
,goosegoosegoose,,,,,

>>1973276
This could be a thing if someone put the time in to make one, since we have flexible display tech. Just give it some surfaces on the inside that measure you via skin contact.

>>1960230
ok i bought a helmet i hope its not too uncomfortable

>>1960158 (OP)
I'm 40. I have been biking since 5. I have had man crashes. Never once hit my head.

It's been unseasonably warm this weekend, and the trails have been full of people.

I got a shout out today, "Where's your FUCKING HELMET?"

Must have been the helmet enforcer, lole

>>1978069
i want that bike

>>1978074
>>1978075
>>1978076
>>1978077
>>1978078
no...

>>1978152
based

>>1979086
>man crashes
are those the ones where you tumble off the bike while not even moving?
>inb4 girl crashes
>gets crushed by an suv and causes a 3 lane car pile up killing 10 people

>>1979087
lol gay

>>1960158 (OP)
Lol I see G*rmans wearing helmets while on a summer Sunday ride doing 15 km/h on a completely separate bike path with not another motor vehicle within 100 m. They're such fags

>>1979437
g*rmoids have the dumbest ideas about safety
>vee are going to force sie to usen dieser gimped kristallnacht lichten instead auf normal headlights because ist fuhrer dein safety, ja? das motorist kant see u but ist ok because if sie usen deinen real headlights wie arresten deiner entire family und senden sie to afrika, ja?
I hate stvzo so much it's unreal

>>1973162
he has severe traumatic brain injury don't know if he lived

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes, I live in cycling hell (America) and I don't want to die.

>>1969428
You're a fucking idiot.
>>1972852
And you're also not sane, meaning that no one will ever take you seriously. Sorry that you've been deprived of sex for so long.

>>1983083
sanity is for the weak you normie

>>1979519
Ironically no one actually cares about how StVZO your lights are in Germany. Half the cops don't even care whether you have lights in the first place.

>>1979519
>t. W. Scholten

I am contractually obligated to wear a helmet, and it makes me faster as well.

>>1960158 (OP)
>a whole page of pointless filler nonsense
Who reads this shit?

>>1960158 (OP)
Guh. Manga is so creepy

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtyfiFYCKPk

>>1960270
Bacon rider with bacon
This makes me want to wear my helmet

>>1983151

I do. You got a problem with cute girls?

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes with extra knee and elbow protections and a reflective band so I can be seen easily. I kinda like the janky looks It gives me too.

>>1978074
If the logo was removed I'd buy this one just for the fucks of It. I dislike when brands ruin the good looks of their products by advertising on It with their big ugly text/images, I get It's free rep but I hate It.

>>1968495
Shrapnel yes, but famously during the GWOT special forces wore skater helmets because kevlar hats aren't particularly good at stopping the kind of knocking you get when you fall over

>>1964640
>i have never seen anyone wear goggles with an angle grinder
This is the most retarded thing I've ever seen on /n/. Have you ever seen a cutting wheel break? How'd you like picrel to shoot through your brain?

No helmet, no lights, no reflecting surfaces, all dark clothing and bike, max volume headphones. You attract what you're scared of.

>>1987515
>This is the most retarded thing I've ever seen on /n/
Expecting someone who likes noncemobiles to have more than 2 working brain cells is either expecting too much or having too much faith in them. Reminder that trains are the superior Victorian invention.

>>1960158 (OP)
yes, when i'm pushing myself i'm usually above 30 km/h

>>1960559
>>1964637
i would think breathing gets really hard in one of those. in terms of fog there are pinlocks you can put on from the inside of the visor they protect the visor from fogging up and they work pretty well over ~8°C.

Maybe the dual sport/ adventure bike helmets provide better air, but a chinbar is a great idea. most head injuries on bikes invole the chin

>>1987793
this used to be me but no headphones
visibility is a meme

>>1979087
"INSIDE YOUR MUM"

>>1975411
based namefag

>>1979519
This is accurate.
In the past i've been forced off the road multiple times during night rides. Now, whenever i ride my bike at night, I usually mount a 7000 lumen flashlight to my handlebars in addition to my regular bike light. Whenever i get the feeling that oncoming cars are trying to push me off the road on purpose, i turn the dial up to full power and keep it on until I have passed them. They usually brake and or return to their lanes.

I always wear a helmet. TBIs can happen at shockingly slow speeds.

Only when I plan on going over 25mph.
I always end up wearing one.

>>1987515
staged pic. looks like he cut a slot in the glasses

>>1960158 (OP)
>FUEH?

>>1973354
>>1980308
>>1973162
https://www.reddit.com/r/NSFL__/comments/uperf4/bmx_rider_suffers_skull_fracture/
>Diagnosed with 2 fractures, hematotympanum, hematoma and thrombosis
>He is recovering well, still has all his motor functions and still talks and acts the same as he did before the accident.”

>>1972879
>Dazed and confused shirt
Pottery

>>1972879
>How can I fuck my shit up the fastest way possible.

>>1960158 (OP)
My stance. Riding on a bike trail? No helmet.
Riding on a "bike lane" WITH CARS? Helmet.

>>1994796
>acts the same as he did before the accident
He would have been better off a vegetable, lest he waste even more medical resources on his dumbass.

>>1968470

I rode with no helmet for years, and suddenly I got a "fast bike" and that sentiment changed.

People close to me nag the shit out of me when I just want to go for a cruise without a helmet. I know my path to work / neighbourhood, so it seems unreasonable.

But conversely, I'd be worried if they didn't wear one.

other than looking like a fag (you already do, you are riding a bicycle) i can't really think of a reason not to wear one.
but seriously, does anyone look cool riding a bike? maybe the one guy on the cover of that real volume where he is riding on the seaside but that is not real life. mr romance looks kinda cool, but he smokes so maybe that just cancels out the fact that he's riding a bike.

>>1960161
fpbp

>>1960270
this is a nice setup.

>>1978349
¡Where!

>>1964734
Live near to and ride often at the competition downhill courses/tracks in Derby, Tasmania. Very common to see people riding in full face helmets here.

I'm really surprised to see people not wearing helmets especially people who ride the ubiquitous electric scooters that go pretty fast nowadays. I see grown men like in their 40s who are probably fathers, in professional attire, who don't wear helmets. Young retards I can understand. But it seriously blows my mind to see adults not wearing them. I honestly cannot even think of a reason not to wear them if you're a father, you have a decent career. These electric scooters go fast enough and are sensitive enough, you could hit something and fly off it going 15-20 mph. What the fuck are you doing.

>>1960158 (OP)
when I was 12 I was tboned kind of hard and my head hit the ground and I immediately lost conciousness and a lot of brain cells. It's been over 20 years ago and my head has been fucked since I was a kid so I wear a helmet since

Yes, ever since I saw what my mom's traumatic brain injury did to her.

I've been saved by my helmet three times, but never during joyrides, only while commuting to work during winter.

>>1972879
>dazed & cobfused

>>1979087
UP YOUR ASS AND TO THE LEFT

>>1991062
literally, u can fall out of ur chair and land on ur head and get fucked

>>1995556
Should be the other way round.
You are faster on bike trails this more likely to hit your head.
On the street if some idiot bumps into you'll most likely land on his car

>>1995588
idk desu
>mr romance
ah

>>1960158 (OP)
no, bicycles don't go fast enough to warrant a helmet

>>1995588
Seriously. I do. Many do.

>>1960158 (OP)
They won't let me on base without one.

>>2002956
I live in stroad hell. And the few riders around me are pretty courteous on bike paths.

>>1960158 (OP)
I wear a baseball cap outside of summer season.

>>2005018
Yeah helmet will surely save your live if an f150 decides to park on your kidney

>>1995588
>does anyone look cool riding a bike?
Chris Akrigg

>>1960158 (OP)
of course, how else will I wear my cat ears to hear better?

the other day i almost hit two cyclists with my car because they were crossing the road even though i had the right of way
those cycllists didnt wear helmets, so that would have been pretty bad for them. they were also arabs though

>>2005028
manlet fantasies

>>1960161

probably one of the greatest fp's of all time

>>1960158 (OP)
Just like I said in your other shitpost thread: STFU and mind your own business, faggot

27 professional racers died during a race in the years since 2003, when UCI made helmets mandatory. These 27 are excluding known cardiac causes.
12 racers died in the two decades prior to this rule, including Andrey Kivilev which triggered this uci rule.
Medical care and knowledge about the brain has increased during this time. But so has the number of cyclists.

>>1960158 (OP)
wtf she has a bulge between her legs?

>>1960158 (OP)
Do you cry when I fuck your mom in the ass?

>>2007085
It's a bicycle seat and you see a bulge? That's pretty cool. Never change

>>1968494
>be american
>...

>>1973381
>Yeah we bikers are so uncool unlike car guys
>Doesn't do any spins or flips
>Just riding through the rain to work at 10 mph because he's too poor to afford a car

>>1976381
>my gf insists i wear one
Are these posts real ? I don't browse this board very often.

>>2003190
Didn't a pretty low key injury basically take him out of competitive quality forever?

>>1960158 (OP)
only to avoid the police

>>1962466
i bet she fucks like a fighter jet

>>1973162
Just a bit dazed and confused

i wouldnt be here to read all these stupid subhuman zoomer comments if hadnt been wearing mine. glory to god. fuck satan.

It's not exactly riding a bike, but this dude would be just dead if not for the helmet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9yL5usLFgY

>>2005263
arabs don't care or know what right of way is, no matter if they're driving, walking or cycling

>>1960158 (OP)
damn she has a huge penis down there

>>1983988
いいね I didn't know they made a live action of 弱虫ペダル. I'll have to watch it.

>>2003190
Is it just me, or is his saddle a bit low?

>>1960158 (OP)
I used to not do it, but now I'm a dad of two and want to set a good example for them. I also aged out of trying to look cool, I don't try to impress anyone, but since I'm /fit/, chicks do stare when I bike by shirtless in the sun with my little lad in the trailer behind me. You know what's more gay than wearing a helmet? Drinking all your meals out of a straw because you're a vegetable.

>>2012178
might just be Italian seat hight
>iirc locked knee with heel slightly below forefoot

>>2012178
Nope, BITD you were sized on frames differently. The classic "fist full of seatpost" or standover the bike(with the riding shoes) and lift it up. If you got an inch-2inches from the ground on each wheel it fits.

This is also why you might see many vintage frames in larger sizes, they sized them taller back then, and since the stems were mostly one height(no nitto technomics) you wanted enough stack to run the stem up, or slammed.

Modern bikes always look weird to me.

>>1960158 (OP)
Yeah, it saved me from potential brain damage. I tend to ride off-road on uneven terrain and I can reach some fast speeds sometimes. Plus, I don't trust the motorists around me; if I were to slam my head from a collision, then at least my head isn't going to go straight into the front of some retards 4x4.
>>1960161
Don't buy a faggot-shit helmet then, you fucking casual.

>>1964634
If you get tired of wearing it, give your gf my number. She would love me, I always wear a helmet.

>>1976381
>>1964634
Are you the same anon?

>>1972879
Difference is he was doing tricks and shit, all /n/ does is ride at 5 mph to work because they can't afford a car.

>>1960158 (OP)
For my daily work commutes I don't. I would for more sporty kinds of biking for sure.

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes, I do.

I do because promised my mom that I would. Don't you guys want to make your mothers feel less concerned with your well being?

>>1960158 (OP)
Always wear a helmet

I don’t know if you guys watch or have heard of the show “hard knocks” about the nfl, but I was watching the second to last episode and one of the players had this emotional story about how he was hit by a car on his bike when he was 9 years old, broke bones, in a coma for two weeks, almost died. He’s crying while retelling it, how scared he and his family were, etc.

He’s telling this story on the backdrop showing him riding a bike around on streets, while wearing no helmet. The retardation is unbelievable

>>1995556
> riding on a bike trail? No helmet.
Riding on a "bike lane" WITH CARS? Helmet.
So you recognize the value and safety that a helmet provides, wearing them in some situations, but still refusing to wear them in others? So you’re not an idiot who won’t wear one because it “looks dumb” or “messes up my hair” because you do wear them, so what reason is there to not wear one in all biking situations?

>>1974162
Update: I got clipped by a car and now I always wear a helmet

in my younger HS and college days I never wore a helmet. I was coming of age in the height of the whole fixie dirtbag indie sleeze era and no one wore helmets back then. I am so lucky that nothing happened given how reckless we were.

I never stopped riding but once I got a nicer all-road/gravel type bike it put me on the path of revamping and maturing my whole approach and now I don't even go for a test ride around the block without my helmet on. I see parents with little kids out on our greenbelt trails with no helmets and it's genuinely upsetting to see how irresponsible they're being with their children. They're not even 'poor and ignorant' types who don't know better, they probably actually just think wearing a helmet is gay and for pussies.

>>2017034
i pretty much always see kids wearing helmets if theyre with their parents. when kids are biking alone, especially the blacks who are doing wheelies, biking in the dark with no lights, etc. they never wear helmets. i wish i could see many of these kids brains splattered on the road.

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes because i'm old enough not to care about other peoples opinions about my looks

i wear a helmet but sometimes it is a little annoying I go home and sit down and bump my helmet against the wall or something. also I wish we got more better designs, all of the helmets look goofy as fuck

>>1960158 (OP)
Lmao

>>2012335
This kek

>>1960560
>Carry some bag
You could carry a backpack. Like that guy in NYC.

Walking cyclist FAUNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=excEjgyobEk

>>1960158 (OP)
>>2028172
Always wear a helmet

>>2012335
>5mph
Why so fast, racer?

I got one, but it's sitting on a bookshelf in its box.

>>2022379
Based

sometimes

>>1960161
I am with you

>>2027148
which guy?

>>2012335
kek

>>1968122
sorry to hear it friend but at least you survived and were given another chance. i used to be a die hard no helmet type of guy but i started wearing one because of what you described or rather the fear of it. there are lots of good looking helmets that are also light and fast out there now to suit whoever's needs so it's no great shakes to just pick one, put it on and hopefully mitigate becoming a vegetable for life in the case of a crash.

>>1960559
if you are gonna buy a motorcycle helmet at least buy an offroad one. They get more ventilation in the face and the chin protection is further away so you can breathe.

when I'm on my road bike I wear a helmet
when I'm on my gazelle dutch bike I do not wear a helmet because I don't want the kids on the fatbikes to make fun of me by the trainstation ):

>>2017027
>WHY ARE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS DIFFERENT
Why don't you wear a helmet in your car or while walking?

Yes, I always wear a helmet. Last year I had a wipeout while cycling on road at like 30 KM/H and I fractured my wrist, fucked my knee and a bunch of skin abrasions, but I had a helmet on and it saved me from dropping iq points.
Helmet had a huge dent in the front and the back was really scratched and dented as well. I'm still wearing one of those skateboard-style helmets instead.

>>2040399
Have to add that thanks to the helmet I prevented myself from having a concussion or a fracture.

The worst part about being tboned while riding my bike was when the doctor had to check for internal bleeding. All the doctor said was "I'm going to need to check for internal bleeding, alright?" In my confused state I mumble an ok and then BAM an index finger shoved up my butt. I learned that day an emergency internal bleeding check means getting a finger up the butt. That's why I wear helmets now

>>1973162
He thankfully made a full recovery(Doctors were impressed), his sponsor now makes him wear a helmet and he frequently talks about how a "not looking good" or "a little bit of discomfort" is well worth the safety.

>>2040400
>helmet
>prevent concussion
propaganda works I guess

>>1960158 (OP)
Can't believe it, I come to 4chan after a year long break and this post is what greets me
This thread is still up
GOD

>>2010912
I know this is a year old, but what in the fuck is that supposed to mean LOL

>>2041972
She's just sitting there expecting to get serviced 99% of the time.

>>1962933
Nothing saves you if you get shreked by a dipshit doing 40+ and not noticing peds/bikers, but every time I’ve been hit by a car it’s been low speed, dipshit pulling out without looking, turning without looking, etc. a helmet does a lot of good if you get clipped at low speed and get flipped to the ground. I wear a helmet in the trees or rocks and when sharing the road with cars.

it used to be that the only people riding bicycles or similar things were confined to a small group of people. but now with the explosion of ebikes and escooters, there are so many more normies riding shit, and they usually are doing it without helmets. it absolutely blows my mind, just that normal people are riding around, usually in crowded city streets, with these electric bikes and scooters, usually people who are less experienced handling such devices, and dont at all consider the lack of safety theyre giving themselves. people riding e-scooters on busy city streets alongside cars and dont at all consider one wrong turn from the car, or they stumble over a break in the road, and they land on their fucking head. parents without helmets, riding shit with their kids without helmets. working professionals who clearly are smart and have stuff in life to live for just riding around not giving a shit.

i truly dont understand the thought process. i guess its because they think it will mess up their hair or something.

>>2042119
>one wrong turn from the car, or they stumble over a break in the road, and they land on their fucking head.
You've almost got it. Some day you realize that can happen at any time, doing anything, anywhere, and even a piece of foam may not save you.
If you come to that realization, it's liberating. Live your life, feel the wind in your hair!

>>2042119
the most head injuries in the US are from car crashes but good luck getting people to wear helmets in their cars. but everyone "knows" that bikes are dangerous as fuck and you're going to instantly die if you don't wear your helmet.
the odds of a life-changing head injury on either vehicle is low, but if you advocate helmets just in case, you better start strapping one on for every car trip, it's much more likely in one.

>>2042130
a bike lock is cheap insurance. a helmet is cheap insurance. im cheap

>>2042189
Except there are literally no studies conclusively showing that bicycle helmets actually reduce the chance of injury or death, per hour ridden or per mile.
Go ahead, look it up and try to prove me wrong.
The testing regime for bicycle helmets has nothing to do with real world crashes.
In short, society just agreed at some point that when you're cycling you need to wear a helmet, but when you're a pedestrian, or driving a car, or climbing a ladder, or playing soccer, you don't.
This view is based on literally nothing. No studies show that cycling is actually more dangerous than any of those other activities.
It's all based on vibe and feels.

So yeah, wear a helmet if it makes you feel better. But be aware that it is then inconsistent not to wear a helmet at all times.

i stopped wearing a helmet when i realized i never see the retarded teenagers riding like assholes (doing wheelies in the middle of the street, playing chicken with cars, flying through intersections, riding at night on streets with dark clothes and no lights) ending up splattered on the side of the road with their skulls caved in and brains leaking out. if those retards can ride like that and never get hurt why the fuck would i, a person who actualy rides safely, need a helmet.

>>2042199
how do people reach such a level schozoism and contrarianism to convince themselves that helmets don't do anything

>be me
>be with IQ higher than room temperature
>realise I can fall from my bike and hit my head and turn into vegetable
>decide not to take the risk
>wear my helmet (its a nice helmet that is light, comfortable and i forget I wear it)

w-woah

>>2042232
this is pretty convincing ngl i cant feel wind on my scalp when i ride even with the nice mibs holey helmet i have

>>2042336
I'm actually not convinced either way.
If it's so fucking obvious that bicycle helmets reduce the number of injuries and deaths compared to riding without one in real world conditions, surely there must be plenty of studies proving this?

>>2042336
Stupid anon, helmets protect your head from injury. That's why you should wear a helmet everywhere you go and whatever you do.
Just in case, cause it's safer!

>>2042379
bad faith argument

>>2042380
No, it's the core of the matter: Why wear a helmet on a bicycle but not during other activities, when there's no data showing that riding a bicycle is more dangerous?

>>2042381
because falling at 15mph and hitting your head is dangerous? but you knew this already. why don't you go gather some datapoints

>>2042382
and we're back to the argument "it just is".
"It sounds logical so it must be true."
Which is exactly my point. There's no actual data to support it.

>>2042383
>data to support it
ilove,,,myhelmet.,
,,canbe any phase of manicrying.,
,,,none knowho iam,,,people look when i dehelmut.,they wish iwould putit back on.,
,,ive plowed my Face intomy gears many times,,faceguard to the rescue!,onetime no helmuthat left ascar,oOOOoOOUCHe!
,,,once had batterylines catch on wheel,,Sling bludgening SLAM to helmut,,got better mounting.,
,,,,datapoints,,,,iloveit!

>>2042369
>If it's so fucking obvious that bicycle helmets reduce the number of injuries and deaths compared to riding without one in real world conditions, surely there must be plenty of studies proving this?
what "studies" are you looking for exactly? you want studies that look at all bicycle crashes and see how many people ended up with massive head injuries vs. those who didnt?

>>2042408
actually yeah nta but i’d want that; my helmet’s fucking annoying even though it fits(had to get an xl for my megamind head)

>>2042408
I just want to know why it's necessary to wear a helmet on a bicycle, but not in a car, or running, or whatever. Based on facts and data, not feels and "common sense".

>>2042479
nta but the answer is that by wearing one you are signaling to normies that you accept their regime in which cyclists are responsible for everything and motorists are responsible for nothing

>>2042485
case in point, you don't need a helmet if you already have brain damage

why is the schizo wearing a fucking motorcycle helmet

My state requires riders under 18 to wear a helmet, and even though I'm a grown ass man I've still been stopped by police at least one time for not wearing a helmet

>>2042519
No one cared who he was until he put on the mask

>>2042524
skin issue

>>1960158 (OP)
I think riding without a helmet is safer in a way, since during a bad crash you'll likely just die instead of ending up a useless cripple that can't even rope, doesn't really matter if you live in a country with euthanasia though

>>1960158 (OP)

I do almost all my riding on a safe rail to trail route. Wearing a helmet is just a pain in the neck for basically no value add.

I also hate clipless pedals, and I feel like it's for the same reason.

>>1960158 (OP)
cycling is for fags
I walk
I drive
I fly
I ride transit
But I will NOT pedal the bicycle with the seat that splits my scrotum in half while it's shoved halfway up my colon

>>2043584
Adjust your seat height, that doesn't sound comfy

>>2043584
sounds like ur fat and too much of a pussy to push through the minor discomfort of trying a new type of physical exercise
its ok we only want good cyclists anyway no more of these slow fatties with their le comfort bikes please

>>1999286
>I honestly cannot even think of a reason not to wear them if you're a father, you have a decent career.
subconscious suicidal drive, these guys want to be dead and for good reason

>>1964640
I’m literally 300 lbs and would consider 40 km a weak weekend ride

>>1960223
i want to be a dad so bad guys. i want little ones to teach to ride bikes, and to protect and watch them grow up

>>1960158 (OP)

Yes. I'm already retarded enough without getting a serious concussion from falling and adding my precious people goo to the pavement.

Also I really cannot afford a ticket, all it takes is one bored cop to fuck up your whole day.

>>2043584
Uberbased
/n/ is all coping poorfags with no dignity

>>2043976
>dignity
dumping my pride has freedme.

>>1987515
it's not muh disc snapping, it's paying 50 bucks to get a microscopic piece of metal removed from your eye

Of course, that's how the cat ears mount so I can hear what the fuck is going on around me

>>1960158 (OP)
Yes I remember going downhill about 30mph hitting a bump and skidding head first on my helmet for what felt like a whole second before I started rolling. Since then I have never not rode without a helmet.

>>2042369
>surely there must be plenty of studies proving this?
who's gonna fund this? big helmet?

Forced bike helmets as public policy is on the same level as "bible-based abstinence education" instead of teaching kids the birds and the bees, it sounds great if you have no fucking clue about how the world works, and it outs you as a superstitious clown to sane people.

I still wear a helmet because I'm a lycra fred who likes bombing down hills in the biggest ring and the smallest cog, but the average cyclist should not be in a helmet, and promoting helmets for the average cyclist makes you a useful idiot or a shill of the auto industry, same with the bike lane morons

>>2042199
>when you're a pedestrian
I don't walk at 30mph in the middle of the road
>driving a car
there's an entire car's worth of crumple zones between my forehead and the truck i'm crashing into, and (mandatory) airbags in between my forehead and the rest of the fucking car
>climbing a ladder
most people climbing ladders on a regular basis do wear helmets
>playing soccer
low contact sport, as opposed to hockey, baseball, us football, rugby and so on where people actually wear helmets
>Except there are literally no studies conclusively showing that bicycle helmets actually reduce the chance of injury or death, per hour ridden or per mile.
if you really need a peer reviewed study to convince you that having any material in between your skull and the pavement is better than rawdogging a curb, idk what to say to you anon

>>1960161
Based

>>1972879
>Dazed and confused

>>1972879
>Fucking around doing little faggot flips and shit

Play stupid games win stupid prizes, wannabe nigger.

>>1960158 (OP)
yes. I'm a smart person and am worried about losing some iq points from bumping my noggin. same reason I never took up boxing despite knowing I'll love it

I talked to an old biker who used to be a part of motorcycle clubs. He said the helmets only keep your head safe and not the rest of you and he rather just die than be paralyzed.

I wear a full face bicycle helmet on the street because I have seen people crash and absolutely fuck their jaws up
When I ride in the city (ie on the island of manhattan) I wear a mesh short with armor in it also, I just put it under whatever I’m wearing

>>2052265
or he could stop being a retarded boomer, ditch the leather jackets and assless chaps, and wear actual motorcycle gear?

>>1960158 (OP)
ive been riding since i was 10 or so, nearly my entire familiy would go on bike rides at least a few times a year, and i could probably count with my fingers the amount of times i wore one
What's the point of wearing a helmet if i dont plan on crashing? i use mountain bikes and barely ever surpass 20kph anyway, im not a road racer that wants to spend 3 hours a day bothering tired car drivers? when both me and the car drivers will enjoy ourselves more if we go to routes where we dont have to cope with each other

>>2050792
>Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Everyone who has ever used this phrase unironically has had an IQ below 70

>>1983086
WE SHOULD TAKE AWAY THEIR... M E T A L B A W K S E S

>>1983083
artificial interference with testo cycle is more liable to do "destroy body" than not
I dont mind if ur a tranny
live and let live and shoot right wing grifters in the neck or sth
but it's just not true that these big artifical hormonal changes and cocommitant issues that come with blocking parts of the male hormone cycle are less destructive than not doing anything

>>2042379
some people do this. the number of people i've seen in my city wearing literal battle armor has been increasing. ceramic plates and all

>>2055758
You mean delivery workers or commuters

>>1999301
You are supposed to wear it before the accident. It doesn't do anything to wear it after.

I have been cycling since I was maybe five or six years old and the only time I wore a helmet was visiting Melbourne, Australia where apprently they have some stupid law.

Fallen off lot. Never hit my head. I am convinced if I wore one it would be more dangerous as I would not be able to picture the size, speed and road position from the sound alone, something I can do quite well by paying attention.

Head-cagies will never be able to do this and probably have lots of crashes as a result.

>>2040843
>I learned that day an emergency internal bleeding check means getting a finger up the butt.
It doesn't really but you were pretty dazed and confused at the time and were not in a position to say no. You will find he only does this check on girls (or boys depending on his prefrences).

So good luck with the helmet.

I cartwheeled over the pavement on icy morning while late to work so yes I will always wear one even on a cycle path

>>1968122
apprecuate your humbleness and humor, I wish more peopme were as kind and honest here

>>1990514
What a bunch of fucking psychopaths
What the hell
Do they seriously go out of their way to fuck with you?
They would have to if both you and they travel on their right in direction of travel as you are both approaching.
Where do you live?

>>1960158 (OP)
No helmet, no lights. Brakes is all you need.