Thing is, more solo bike accidents conclude with busted knees, collar bones, arms, road rash than concussions or skull fractures.
The shoulder, knee and elbow pads football players wear would certainly have made a difference in these situations. None the less, day in and day out I see cyclists wearing helmets and little else. If helmet wearing cyclists don't think their lids are a panacea, I'll be darned if I understand why they worry so little about the rest of their bodies when viable protective gear is readily available. On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:16:02 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: > > I don't consider it a matter of life and death; rather, going home sore, > or going home with a concussion. A helmet isn't gonna do you much good in a > collision with a car, but most riders have at one time or another had some > sort of solo crash. A popped tire, a slide on oil, front wheel caught in a > crack in the road. These are the events that take you from upright to > body-slamming the pavement. I would prefer to have my helmet take that > bounce when my head reaches rapid deceleration. > > Joe Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:57:11 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > >> On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 18:35 -0400, Peter Morgano wrote: >> > Oh, I agree, i am one of the better safe than sorry worry warts who >> > makes sure he has his keys twice before he locks the door behind him. >> > I do think that helmets can prevent injury but I just dont know if >> > they can save your life in a situation where you would otherwise be >> > killed. >> >> Probably sometimes, but certainly not always. >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/WRSTVHWe6zgJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
