Cycling is so very dangerous !!

[Vorpal]

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/173464 ... est-hears/

An interesting read, the Coroner’s comments in particular.

[Marcus Aurelius]

As a BC ride leader you have to risk asses your routes to satisfy the insurance requirements. If you asses a part of a route as having a potential increased risk of riders falling, the mitigation could be using a lid. Then wearing a lid becomes a requirement for participation in the ride. I don’t personally include such things in my risk assessments, but I know lots of RLs that do. BC’s risk assessment for Ride Leaders on an official Guided ride does include these terms, so RLs have to wear a lid on an official Guided Ride. Personally, I’ve had a few ‘offs’ in the past, where my head has taken the brunt of the impact. Therefore I think a lid is a worthwhile thing to wear. I certainly don’t expect anyone else to wear a lid if they don’t want to. I wish they would, but I don’t try and make anyone do so.

I've not been involved for 2018/19 so things may have changed, especially as there is much more flexibility for ride leaders to organise their own routes. But, when I trained as a BC ride leader & route planner under the Skyride set up, advocating helmets as a mitigation was never mentioned as an option. Advising participants to take extra care, walk a section or use an alternative route if the conditions could be variable. Or, of course, not going that way at all & choosing a better route.

This is part of the pre ride risk assessment I’ve just had to fill out, for an impending ride I’m leading in the Surrey Hills next week.

[mjr]

That's pretty scandalous and explains why so many BC rides end up with helmet compulsion rules.

[landsurfer]

And part of my thought process, I have not renewed with CTC this year and would never join BC ... AUDAX UK and the RSF .... are the clubs / societies i will continue to support ....
Off out on the bike in the morning, 70 miles each way, with a helmet .... wouldn't ever ride my bike without a helmet........

[RickH]

It does appear to be something added as a note by an individual rather than an official "policy", but worrying nonetheless.

Is this for a normal guided ride on benign terrain?

[mjr]

I thought "low" was the only user-entered field.

[Marcus Aurelius]

I thought "low" was the only user-entered field.

I really didn’t want it included. ‘Low’was as good as it gets.

[Marcus Aurelius]

It does appear to be something added as a note by an individual rather than an official "policy", but worrying nonetheless.

Is this for a normal guided ride on benign terrain?

The terrain is far from “benign”, but my hand was somewhat forced on this particular inclusion.