On 4/14/2010 4:50 AM, Richard D Bush wrote:
I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear helmets. It's a
vertical fall that often does in the bike rider.
Same could be said for pedestrians by the way.
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.
Riding uphill in warm weather, I don't have wind evaporating my sweat
and I've never really found a combination of helmet and sweatband that
works well. So, if I'm wearing a helmet I get sweat pouring into my
eyes. Very uncomfortable.
On the flip side, one time I was riding down Felton Empire grade,
realized that I was going about the same speed as I would on my
motorcycle, but rather than fat tires, disk brakes and leather from neck
to toes, I had 25mm wide tires, a couple of tiny rubber pads, spandex
and a fiberglass yarmulke.
I do tend to wear helmets on long rides, especially if there will be
fast downhill sections, though I suspect that the risk/benefit window is
narrower than people think. In other words, there is a narrow range of
situations where there is significant risk and that the helmet would
actually provide sufficient protection to make a big difference.
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