Do you wear a helmet while riding your bicycle?
no i'd rather die than look like you fucking nerds
>>1960158>>1960161this
>>1960158No, but I also mostly ride bikes using the local bikeshare and it'd look pretty dumb carrying a helmet around for the off-chance I hope onto the bike.
>>1960158Long rides 40-50km+ yes.Short spins around my town, grocery runs in the afternoon, no.Trail riding and downhill, yes.
Yes
>>1960158Do you?
Yes because I have broken them before and it helps block the sun out of my eyes. When i go bald in a decade or two it will hold the cyclist cap/doo rag so I don't get sun burns.
>>1960226>not going bald for an entire decade>wears a helmetLOL reality is going to hit you like a balding freight train
no i am indirectly suicidal
tirocks,,,where larger danger in big city Yerington.,,,grabel roadstill spit them up.,,,,,,,,was raceing garbage truck(Winning), psychic BLASTWAVE eminating from BurningMAN SLAMSIDE!,,starts a highspeed wobble,,left,right,Left,Right,LEFT,RIGHTrying to slowdown,LEFT>frontire tucks aaaaaaand>\,FLIP sideways tumblilng like those NASCAR pics!,,,,bounced off head,,chewed quarter of my gear OFF!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,im 3 inchstall,,no? im 6 inchstall??3?6?3?6?,,,,,depends what eye i open?,,,,,,,,,,,,,igetit! im laying on my side head on the ground!,,,,truck driver standing over me.,,,,pull self upright,,debri field of things from basket around me,,guns,,,lots of bullets,,moneys,,snacks.,,,ya,helmet gouged!,thanks!,,,,ambulance shows before i get backin saddle,,have them check mefor broken bones.,,,,,,goodtogo!,had to use granny gear,skin gone off left palm/thats gona hurt!did.
>>1960158No, being a braindead vegetable is my fetish, I hope I can be one some day
>>1960270Glad you're okay Baconrider, you're a treasure.
>>1960158always
>>1960158one time when i was like 5 i almost got rape by a car bc i could hear with a helmet on, from that age, no helmet at all
>>1960554couldnt* hear my gp saying, "hey retard watch out for the car"
It's illegal not to here thanks to this busybody. $1000 fine for not complying.
>>1960270Is this the origin of the typing style?
>>1960554Most helmets don't cover your ears.
>>1960158After looking for the "best" value (low cost) helmet for like 5+mins, i found something.Now i want someone to tell me, is there a BETTER helmet i could get for under 90-160$ ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPSjKSf6fqQ
>>1960215Carry some bag that you can crush into your pocket, pull out bag, uncrush it, put helmet in bag.Now you are just a person carrying stuff in bag like 90% of people in towns/cities.And you want soda's, beers, snack bars, a box of food or something? And you want to save it for when not near town?Well now you have a helmet bag to carry that stuff too.
>>1960554yeah i've stopped pants when cycling because i can't see well otherwise
>>1960220>Long rides>40-50kmI think you should always wear one, gramps.
>>1960158Yeah you are retarded if you don't.
>>1960161fpbp
I've done weeklong tours, commuted for years, and now I'm a regular 150 mile/week roadie. I don't wear one and I never will. If I was racing I would, but that's it.
When mountain biking? Always. When riding with other people? Always. When riding to the store or to work? No. Helmets are just one more kind of protective gear, and like anything else we adjust the gear we wear according to the activity we're doing. The only time I think there's a question in my mind is for road cycling, which is a low risk activity, but on the other hand a helmet can actually be more aero than no helmet... I've also ridden easily 50,000+ road miles with nothing but a cycling cap but I wear a helmet for this too since I've got a couple nice ones already, so I might as well use them.
>>1962215>When riding to the store or to work? No.riding in the city is when you're the most vulnerable
>>1960223Middle isn't doesn't even look good ironically yet, maybe 40 more years of decay.
>>1960158Yes. It's a soft helmet, so I don't know how good it is...
Yeah, always. It has literally kept my face from smashing into the pavement after sliding out on ice.That and it holds my helmet cam in place.
>>1960158Yeah, I bought a used one for cheap and plasti-dipped it for extra steeze.
>>1962491Forgot pic
Yeah The wind exposes my thinning hairline
Always
>>19622451 inch of styrofoam wont help you if karen hits you with 5000lbs of freedom
>>1960158source?
>>1962970Your mom
>>1963681N-nani !?!?
>>1960228balding is caused by hair follicle growth cycle that's vulnerable to DHT in the normal male endocrine cyclehelmet wearing may aggravate hair loss in its further stages but is decidedly not the cause
>>1962933it will however reduce the g-load on your braincase/brain as ypur head hits the groundbike accidents that are fatal/serious usually are precisely because of head injurieswearing a helmet is worth it as it can prevent negative outcomesyou'd find it ridiculous for a person using an angle grinder to not wear eye protection because "hey if that thing shatters bad enough the goggles wont help me"
>>1960599R E K TEKT
>>1960158No. If I get a head injury, it will not be because I fell off my bike. It will be because some soccer mom plowed into me with her 5-ton GMC SUV. Also helmets look dumb.
>>1960158only so my gf wont nag me about itit doesnt make me feel any safer and i cant afford a nice one thats comfortable and would offer any real safetyi have a fullface mtb helmet from when i was younger and thought id be a downhill racer when i grow up but it doesnt fit me anymore :(now i have a cheap no brand bmx helmet that doesnt also fit me and just allround sucks but my gf insists
>>1960270omg rare bacon rider pic???i love you <3
>>1960559thats a motorcycle helmetmaybe for ebike it would be worth it but for a normal bicycle that things gonna become a bucket of steam and sweat
>>1962466wow doing that in those shoes is impressive as fuck
>>1960230saemi ride like a maniacif i die i die thats just how it is when the oil industry put cars everywhereid actually rather die when the car hits me surviving would be worse
>>1960556what nightmare land do you live in?>>1960599long is relative kill yourself>>1962492you should put some rainbowflective parts on your bike to match lol>>1964490>imagine allowing testosterone to destroy your body in current year>>1964491i have never seen anyone wear goggles with an angle grindertbdesu i wouldnt want to be anywhere near one of those things even in a bomb suit
On roads basically always. Road quality is variable around me, plus cars, plus foot traffic. I am less worried about it saving me from a oncoming semi and more concerned with having to dodge into a bad spot or brake unexpectedly.On dedicated paved trail, I don't feel like I really need it but often times I have it because I eventually have to hit road. Or light dirt.On light single/double track I know that I'm underbiking it so I wear the helmet. It already saved me once, fell off a hill and stopped myself with my limbs and my bike with my helmeted head.The exception is forest roads, gravel paths, rail, and canal trail. The traffic is minimal, the terrain is comfy, and the elevation isn't insane. If it is a big downhill on a gravel road I will put the helmet on but then I just take it right off to hang on the handlebars. I usually try to bike to wherever I want to ride but sometimes it's worth hopping on the train or driving to get to the good completely separated trail.
I will never understand the weird motorcycle helmet shitposting on /n/. No one, anywhere, is wearing a motorcycle helmet to ride a bicycle, but more importantly, no one believes that anyone, anywhere is wearing a motorcycle helmet to ride a bicycle. Truly a strange choice of shitpost.
>>1964491>wearing a helmet is worth it as it can prevent negative outcomesVery true! It can make the difference between an open-casket vs closed-casket funeral when some dumbfuck on her cellphone runs you over.
So much cope ITT from insecure faggot
>>1960158>>1960282Same reason that soldiers wear helmets/
HELL no. half of a good bike ride is the wind in your hair and skin
Yes.Had my first big crash and my helmet probably saved my life.
Yeah, I have a helmet.I only take it to group rides where it's part of the rules. "Insurance requires all riders to have helmets" blah blah.There's always some goober safety-police that seethes if I take it off 'temporarily'.
Yeah after I fractured my skull (collapsing like a card tower out of nowhere) and got small bleeds on the brain while being totally unconscious lying in the road. I broke my collar bone of course but that was minor in comparion. 'lol yeah I will wear a helmet out on a proper road ride but why bother just coming to and fro into town at 15mph fuck that haha-ACK!!' - me.
>>1960158I wear a non balistic bump helmet as my cycling helmet, Its what I normally mount my night vision monocular to when hunting, it looks a little less gay, but its a fraction of the safetey I think.I am planning to get a non balistic face shield for it too
>>1960158believe it or not this faggot redpilled me on how helmets are useless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkyaDB3zGRMhowever someday i might buy one of those sexy motorcycle full head helmets and mod it to look like a stormtrooper or some shit like that...
>>1966315You're getting shot at regularly?
>>1968494Soldiers don't have helmets because of bullets. They're for shrapnel and not hitting your head on things.
>>1960158Yes, I do. No, I don't live in a bike-friendly city.
>>1960161fippy bippy
>>1960158Yes, I'm not a retard and don't want to become one.
>>1960230why?
>>1960158>oh look it's THIS shit againfucking troll threadkill yourself OP
>>1960158When riding the first flame? No.When riding the missus? Yes.
>>1964640ywnbaw
>>1968501I'm afraid of EVhttp://livingstingy.blogspot.com/2023/12/anatomy-of-hit-piece.html?m=1Silent killers of the road
>>1960161Problem is, you wont die, you'll just be a vegetable. Which is even lamer imo.
>>1969428enjoy that bald spot <3
>>1960158No.Stop asking me about the cripple generator.
>>1971389What? Every troon has severe balding lol. Balding is genetic, anyways.
Not balding is caused by low test levels.
>>1960161>>1960164>>1968552>>1960215>>1960230>>1960272>>1964561>>1964640>>1964736>>1968109>>1972845retard
>>1960158Louik’s FSuik Aund SQuik (Formerly Sneed’s).
>>1972879delusional cageoid
>>1972879is he ok
>>1960158MIPS or die, mutant. Unless you enjoy 40 years of agonizing vegetable?
>>1973162
>>1972879Where the hell did he buy a T-shirt that that signals his state? How does it work?
>>1972879He's likely dead anyway but why is the cameraman touching him and moving him around
>>1972879ah yes, the average cyclist is a bmx fag doing stupid shit of course
>>1964734i'm convinced that about 90% of this board doesn't even cycle
>>1972879>dazed and confusedjej
>>1960158Never. Sometimes I put one in my bag so once I get to my destination I can carry it around and remind the cagies and fats that I'm better than them though.
>>1973391It is a general transportation board, not a cycling board.
NOTE:ALL HELMET THREADS ON /n/ ARE TROLL THREADS
>>1960158I do now. A couple of months ago, I fell of my bike and ended up fracturing my face.
>>1960158i just bought a new one because my gf insists i wear onei bought this one cos it looks nice and is adjustable and cheapidk if its any good in terms of protection but better than nothing i guess and it shuts my gf up
>>1976381I want this helmethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8YPNM-F_oHaha
>>1960158>just a helmetPeople without FULL armor suits deserve to get rammed by trucks and junk.
>>1978073
>>1978074>inb4 armor doesn't do anythingIt's worse then people saying medicine doesn't do anything.
>>1978075The trick is multi layer.How many layers?3, 4, maybe 5 ?
>>1978076
>>1978075I know there's gonna be a couple people that say medicine/armor doesn't do anything.I'm kinda looking forward to it.
>>1964635Yeah yeah now turn your trip back on
>>1964640>you should put some rainbowflective parts on your bike to match lolWay ahead of you, friend. Ordered reflective decals for my fork on eBay. Somehow they are even better quality than the original ones.
>>1978149thatardummyshithishead,,, tomany times!,,soglad you canspothishell post.,,,,,IDF,, idiot dementia fatty needs myouso bad itsickening!>>1964635,,,weverifyour postothe firstime,, 1977,, when you ‘’hacked UCIrvine library to shipost “My comfy chair”,,,,thishitusin thead,,, noweneed helmits!,goosegoosegoose,,,,,
>>1973276This could be a thing if someone put the time in to make one, since we have flexible display tech. Just give it some surfaces on the inside that measure you via skin contact.
>>1960230ok i bought a helmet i hope its not too uncomfortable
>>1960158I'm 40. I have been biking since 5. I have had man crashes. Never once hit my head.
It's been unseasonably warm this weekend, and the trails have been full of people.I got a shout out today, "Where's your FUCKING HELMET?"Must have been the helmet enforcer, lole
>>1978069i want that bike
>>1978074>>1978075>>1978076>>1978077>>1978078no...
>>1978152based
>>1979086>man crashesare those the ones where you tumble off the bike while not even moving?>inb4 girl crashes>gets crushed by an suv and causes a 3 lane car pile up killing 10 people
>>1979087lol gay
>>1960158Lol I see G*rmans wearing helmets while on a summer Sunday ride doing 15 km/h on a completely separate bike path with not another motor vehicle within 100 m. They're such fags
>>1979437g*rmoids have the dumbest ideas about safety>vee are going to force sie to usen dieser gimped kristallnacht lichten instead auf normal headlights because ist fuhrer dein safety, ja? das motorist kant see u but ist ok because if sie usen deinen real headlights wie arresten deiner entire family und senden sie to afrika, ja?I hate stvzo so much it's unreal
>>1973162he has severe traumatic brain injury don't know if he lived
>>1960158Yes, I live in cycling hell (America) and I don't want to die.
>>1969428You're a fucking idiot.>>1972852And you're also not sane, meaning that no one will ever take you seriously. Sorry that you've been deprived of sex for so long.
>>1983083sanity is for the weak you normie
>>1979519Ironically no one actually cares about how StVZO your lights are in Germany. Half the cops don't even care whether you have lights in the first place.
>>1979519>t. W. Scholten
I am contractually obligated to wear a helmet, and it makes me faster as well.
>>1960158>a whole page of pointless filler nonsenseWho reads this shit?
>>1960158Guh. Manga is so creepy
>>1960158Yes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtyfiFYCKPk
>>1960270Bacon rider with baconThis makes me want to wear my helmet
>>1983151I do. You got a problem with cute girls?
>>1960158Yes with extra knee and elbow protections and a reflective band so I can be seen easily. I kinda like the janky looks It gives me too.
>>1978074If the logo was removed I'd buy this one just for the fucks of It. I dislike when brands ruin the good looks of their products by advertising on It with their big ugly text/images, I get It's free rep but I hate It.
>>1968495Shrapnel yes, but famously during the GWOT special forces wore skater helmets because kevlar hats aren't particularly good at stopping the kind of knocking you get when you fall over
>>1964640>i have never seen anyone wear goggles with an angle grinderThis is the most retarded thing I've ever seen on /n/. Have you ever seen a cutting wheel break? How'd you like picrel to shoot through your brain?
No helmet, no lights, no reflecting surfaces, all dark clothing and bike, max volume headphones. You attract what you're scared of.
>>1987515>This is the most retarded thing I've ever seen on /n/Expecting someone who likes noncemobiles to have more than 2 working brain cells is either expecting too much or having too much faith in them. Reminder that trains are the superior Victorian invention.
>>1960158yes, when i'm pushing myself i'm usually above 30 km/h
>>1960559>>1964637i would think breathing gets really hard in one of those. in terms of fog there are pinlocks you can put on from the inside of the visor they protect the visor from fogging up and they work pretty well over ~8°C.Maybe the dual sport/ adventure bike helmets provide better air, but a chinbar is a great idea. most head injuries on bikes invole the chin
>>1987793this used to be me but no headphonesvisibility is a meme
>>1979087"INSIDE YOUR MUM"
>>1975411based namefag
>>1979519This is accurate.In the past i've been forced off the road multiple times during night rides. Now, whenever i ride my bike at night, I usually mount a 7000 lumen flashlight to my handlebars in addition to my regular bike light. Whenever i get the feeling that oncoming cars are trying to push me off the road on purpose, i turn the dial up to full power and keep it on until I have passed them. They usually brake and or return to their lanes.
I always wear a helmet. TBIs can happen at shockingly slow speeds.
Only when I plan on going over 25mph.I always end up wearing one.
>>1990514I should adopt this practice. This might also be useful when some cager comes along with high beams merrily lighting you up as if they were only concerned with treating their kin right. Faggots will unironically do that for miles straight.
>>1987515staged pic. looks like he cut a slot in the glasses
>>1994298>cager comes along with high beamshelmutothe,,,save!,again!,,i dip my headso visor blocks the lights but can see roadahead.,,,,cage ALLWAYS dimms when they see me,,,,maybe a tiny "beep" apology after they pass?,,,have BigFarm reflector on the rear so theyseeme miles away from behind.
>>1960158>FUEH?
