Paula Radcliffe wasn't wearing a helmet!

[Mythical]

Perhaps to the best thing is to all wear helmets from getting up to going to bed then we would be safe

PS and elbow,knee and shin pads, protective gloves,toetecters,back belts,neck straps,and a suit of armour,there I think that covers it

What about the danger of things falling on you whist you're in bed? Or, what if you fall OUT of bed? What about those really nasy dreams where you wake up covered in bruises? I think we shoud wear armour in bed too!!

I haven't fallen off my bike for ages! The last time I did, I'm glad I wasn't wearing a helmet - Had I been wearing a helmet I'd never have got that cut on my bonce and been ordered off work for a week!
More usually, I get off it then fall OVER it!

[reohn2]

Perhaps to the best thing is to all wear helmets from getting up to going to bed then we would be safe

PS and elbow,knee and shin pads, protective gloves,toetecters,back belts,neck straps,and a suit of armour,there I think that covers it

What about the danger of things falling on you whist you're in bed? Or, what if you fall OUT of bed? What about those really nasy dreams where you wake up covered in bruises? I think we shoud wear armour in bed too!!

I haven't fallen off my bike for ages! The last time I did, I'm glad I wasn't wearing a helmet - Had I been wearing a helmet I'd never have got that cut on my bonce and been ordered off work for a week!
More usually, I get off it then fall OVER it!

Them nasy dreams are the worst kind,sneak up when your not looking then WHAM!,

Its a hard life!

[Bananaman]

Ironically, a marathon runner is 100% inside the design envelope for a bike helmet while many cyclists exceed it routinely!

Sprinters reach around 15mph, which is faster than many cyclists, and with their heads at the same height...

Nearer 30mph even.

So I suppose thats why we all sprint to work??

[axel_knutt]

So why were the runners not also wearing a helmet.

Because cyclists are a minority and pedestrians aren't.