Si wrote:Well, that's the thing....I've scraped my head before now and it hasn't stopped me riding, but I have had to stop because of taking skin off my palm....hence my paranoia!
+1
Helmets and gloves completely different issues
Si wrote:Well, that's the thing....I've scraped my head before now and it hasn't stopped me riding, but I have had to stop because of taking skin off my palm....hence my paranoia!
Si wrote:If you do crash, it's usually your hands, arms, hips and legs that get damaged.
Yep, I only wear a helmet on the road when I'm paid to do it......but riding without gloves or mitts really does throw my confidence and ramp up the paranoia level to 11.
Si wrote:Well, that's the thing....I've scraped my head before now and it hasn't stopped me riding, but I have had to stop because of taking skin off my palm....hence my paranoia!
prando wrote: ... I am on the verge of venturing out helmetless and maybe just looking for some words of support !
This is the point - how many miles have you ridden? In all those miles how many timed have you come off? Of those times how many times have you hit your head? And of the times you hit your head (if any) would a helmet have made any difference?Yossarian wrote:I wouldn't worry about it, how many times have you fallen on your head?
drossall wrote:Si wrote:Well, that's the thing....I've scraped my head before now and it hasn't stopped me riding, but I have had to stop because of taking skin off my palm....hence my paranoia!
But almost anything will help to prevent scraping - a woollen hat, for example. Logically, as long as it doesn't come off, it will do as much for your head as gloves would for your hands.
Si wrote:If you do crash, it's usually your hands, arms, hips and legs that get damaged.
Yep, I only wear a helmet on the road when I'm paid to do it......but riding without gloves or mitts really does throw my confidence and ramp up the paranoia level to 11.
Psamathe wrote:And when you suffer an accident I doubt you are best placed to accurately assess the part played by your helmet (or lack of helmet). And with your focus at the time of the accident and confirmation bias and I tend to question personal assessment of the role of the helmet.