:: No Helmet :: No Ride

[bluedazzler]

Oh God, not this hoary old chestnut again!

Please someone just cut & paste the last umpteen-pages-of-polarised-crap-thread on top of this one!

wow, thanks

 

[Andy B]

what is selfish?

Hoarding all the helmets?

I have three helmets...

...and I like to keep my hands on my helmet at all times, you never know when you'll need to pop out at a moments notice

 

[S-M]

Went out at the weekend to Chopwell Woods and took my Casco Viper MX helmet (with chin guard)

A few "mates of mates" turned up, newbies, totally under protected, no gloves, daft football trainers (wtf) and three of them without any helmets ffs, had a word with one of them while climbing up to the top of a fast rooty downhill trail (it was soaking wet)

I explained to him that a few weeks ago i had a really bad faceplant, and the front of my helmet snapped off, he was pretty brave for coming out today without a lid on his head!

"ohh i will be fine, that kind of thing does not happen much anyway"

Half an hour later, another mate (helmet and shin/knee pads) came off on some wet north shore, face planted into the wood (ouch) and snapped one of his fingers (double ouch)

Doubt them lads will ride without some protection in the future.

I heard a great quote from a bloke in the local MTB club

"it took me a while to realise that the most valuable thing on my bike, is my head"

 

[legrandefromage]

er, dont ride wet planks of wood?

 

[FluffyChicken]

Even I wear a helmet now. After the tales of Dalby's finest airlifts and blood splatters from helmet-less people I gave it a go.

That and I can now hit branches with my head while riding, which I've done quite a few times. No head cuts anymore, a torn backpack though. and that in itself is why I now wear one. Just saves the mess and need to duck as much and compromise the riding.

ok and my children kept nagging me

 

[doctor-bond]

er, dont ride wet planks of wood?

Totally agree. Look at these jokers tooling about on wet boards with only factor 50 for protection. Asking for trouble.

 

[drystonepaul]

I believe it's a requirement from British Cycling (whom we are affiliated with) for any ride organised through Retrobike.

This is correct and applies to all rides organised through Retrobike.
It's to ensure that we are in line with the British Cycling public liability insurance policy.

As to any other rides, it's purely a personal choice and a debate which has been had many times before.

 

[S-M]

er, dont ride wet planks of wood?

You don't have to convince me, but that's not really the point, the fecker cleared the wooden seesaw a little bit earlier much to my annoyance, and when i saw he fly up the northshore instead of taking the chicken run, i went to follow him only stopping because i did a quick brake test on the way up and the wheels locked instantly.

The whole point is, you can say "ohh i will just take my time and i will be fine" but for whatever reason, you may get over confident, and you never know when your going to crash (apart from the moment just before a massive crash, time slows down and you watch your life flash before you)

 

[legrandefromage]

 

[legrandefromage]