squeaker wrote:Looking at the bunch sprint pile-ups in both pro-races, maybe a good job they were wearing plastic hats?
I was talking about the mass participation ride, not the races.
squeaker wrote:Looking at the bunch sprint pile-ups in both pro-races, maybe a good job they were wearing plastic hats?
100%JR wrote:Why do this minority feel the need to ram home their(often misguided) opinions on others.
Look we get it you choose not to wear one,many choose to wear one.
Leave it at that
squeaker wrote:Looking at the bunch sprint pile-ups in both pro-races, maybe a good job they were wearing plastic hats?
Helmet threads always seem to be started by the HUGE minority that don't wear them
Why do this minority feel the need to ram home their(often misguided) opinions on others.
bovlomov wrote:It would be surprising if Boardman agreed to ride in an event where helmets were compulsory, especially as his decision not to wear one would be so obvious.
mjr wrote:bovlomov wrote:It would be surprising if Boardman agreed to ride in an event where helmets were compulsory, especially as his decision not to wear one would be so obvious.
Why? He owned a plastic headgear maker and agreed to be an ambassador for the organisation which has done most to force plastic onto more heads (British Cycling, with their multitude of helmet-forcing rides), so I would not be at all surprised.
horizon wrote:100%JR wrote:Why do this minority feel the need to ram home their(often misguided) opinions on others.
Look we get it you choose not to wear one,many choose to wear one.
Leave it at that
Last Tuesday I unexpectedly met a colleague when we changed trains (onto a main line so we had a rare chance to have a good natter). I put my bike in the bike space and we sat down. After a few work related comments and mutual explanations as to where we were heading, she asked if I wore a helmet. I hadn't even mentioned the bike. There were no further questions, no interest in the bike (it's a folder and usually gets some comments from passers-by), no questions about how I found travelling or working with one. Nothing.
Can you see why I'm sympathetic to the OP's point?
softlips wrote:Last Tuesday I unexpectedly met a colleague when we changed trains (onto a main line so we had a rare chance to have a good natter). I put my bike in the bike space and we sat down. After a few work related comments and mutual explanations as to where we were heading, she asked if I wore a helmet. I hadn't even mentioned the bike. There were no further questions, no interest in the bike (it's a folder and usually gets some comments from passers-by), no questions about how I found travelling or working with one. Nothing.
Can you see why I'm sympathetic to the OP's point?
Not really.
squeaker wrote:Looking at the bunch sprint pile-ups in both pro-races, maybe a good job they were wearing plastic hats?
horizon wrote:It's because people's interest in the wearing of helmets is out of context. For the colleague I spoke to, her reference point wasn't her bicycle or cycling but something that came from somewhere else, presumably the non-cycling media. The OP felt that the number of helmets didn't reflect reality or normality: it's a social fetish. Helmets might be useful, they might not; but when they become the only focus, then something is askew. If a work colleague of yours comes back from holiday, you don't ask, "Did you check the safety card on the flight?" and mention nothing else. It's all very, very odd, almost weird in fact.