Am I the only one who feels like a fucking loser wearing the dork helmet? Every time I go cycling the only ones wearing helmets are>elderly couples>loser nerdy white and asian guys>childrenNone of the cool masculine guys wear a helmetEven skinny short girls will stop next to me, with no helmet and I just feel like a fucking faggot for being a helmetcuckOn the other hand I don’t want to hit a pothole or a car and become a vegetable - so maybe I really am a pussy cowardWhat do you guys think of this?
You look like a dork wearing a helmet on a citi bike, sure, or wireframe prescription bifocalsLooks fine on a road bike with aero wheels in lycra and clipless and oakleys
i found a hard hat on the side of the road and just use that nowit is so cringe that it underflows into being almost okayjust need some stickers for that bitch
>>2073811Based
just get a mtb helmet they look less nerdy
I don't care id rather not have cte or a subdural hematoma from falling off a dumb bicycle
>>2073851Just don't fall off your bike in the first place.
Not at all, because I've actually experienced crashes. Last year I was riding up a bridge and a car caused me to crash and I was knocked unconscious while wearing a helmet. I had a brain bleed, and had bilateral aneurysms in the carotid artery in my brain and had to get a stent put in. If I wasn't wearing the helmet I probably would have died or had a much worse injury. So fucking wear one idiot. I can't even remember what happened when I crashed, all I know is what the people who called the ambulance for me told me happened, total amnesia.
i have never been a believer in typical bike helmets. the coverage is poor and the material is flimsy. worse yet, it is way too tight to your head. at least skateboard helmets cover your whole head and are stood off by a bit of webbing. and if you look at any other helmet for basically anything else you'll see the same sort of thing. it's not held fast to your head, you have some room in there so the helmet has room to slow down and let your head decelerate a little bit faster than the helmet does when you hit the ground at 80kph>BBBBUT MUH AEROjust ditch the helmet and go full chromedome waxed bald
>>2073859I got pic rel because it protects the back of your head, got a good virginia tech score and it was dirt cheap when the successor came out (like 50 bucks). It still feels flimsy and I dont trust it at allHowever there is a gap between my head and the inside. Even on the tighest setting I can wobble the helmet around by hand. All my previous helmets were like that too. I think you are comparing an expensive skateboard helmet to cheap bike helmets>>2073853That sounds insane. I would never sit on a bike or only wear nothing but full face mtb helmets if that happened to me
>>2073851seen what happens when people bounce their head off the concrete after falling. pretty much renders them a vegetable while blood gushes out of both ears. I'll wear the dork helmet over suffering a busted up skull after an impact
Its like being a nigga called daquarious who works construction but thinks people are looking at him funny for wearing work boots instead of the latest niggasneaker9000Nobody care ur gay for being insecure
>>2073811don't forget high vis
>>2073889Let's face it, we are not exactly taking home women on our bicycles. Better alive than drive.
>>2073807i got a helmet with a visor because it seems less dorky. before i got my helmet, i was the only person riding without one. everyone wears them around here, even the qts
iv been wearing a helmet daily for years, but im now in such a depression spiral of suicide from how much of a pathetic loser i am who has wasted my life that ive stopped wearing one because i genuinely hope i get hit by a car and killed.
>>2073941>stop wearing a helmet>qt girls now find you attractive>suicidal thoughts end>get hit by a car and dieIt’s like a greek tragedy
>>2073941Now I'm picturing you on a train wearing a helmet.>>2073954
>commutingno helmet, because there's basically no risk>sporty rideshelmet is mandatory, so I don't die while KOM hunting betwen fuckville and retardsburg
>>2073807you may think you look silly wearing a helmet, the real answer is nobody gives a shit, but youll soon catch peoples attention when you are a braindead mong shouting in the street as your carer wheels you around
>>2073807i hit my head on a fucking sign while riding my bike and i am glad i had a helmet for the bonk
>>2073992It was a sign.
>>2073992How tf did you hit this?
>>2073984no risk on your commute? what about cars?
>>2073911idgaf about women.women are batshit insane crazy and you know it.>Marriage is grand, but a divorce is a hundred grand.
>>2073807the safety argument is a weak one because 2 wheel transport is inherently dangerous and you can get hurt in plenty of irrecoverable ways unlike a motorcycle a bicycle is a completely free (as in freedom) mode of transport so wearing or not wearing doesn't make anyone better or worse if you feel like a cuck it's probably cause you know you don't need it but somebody planted the idea of it being important and you feel impotent because your own reasoning didn't prevail when it may as well could have
>>2073941Dying isn't the issue, it's the possibility of having to live the rest of my life as a retard or a cripple.
>>2073807In my community the only people who don't wear helmets are bike thieves and fentanyl-fucks. I'm not kidding. The police caught a 20-something murderer who killed a kindergarten teacher on the other side of my country, in front of my building only because bike cops stopped him for not wearing a helmet. Which proves people who don't wear helmets are up to something nefarious.
>>2074748So you agree, only white cuck wear a helmet
>>2074749I'll agree that you're a worthless retard.
a foam hat is NOT going to protect you from being run over by a 5000 pound concentration camp oven with wheels on it.
>>2074769>>2074749Only jeets wear helmets. You wouldn't want to be a jeet, would you?
>>2074748>which provesdude your head definitely got knocked around even with a helmet
>Have to leave and be somewhere at a certain time>go and get helmet>hopefully I remember where I left it>put it on>get on bike>feels like shit the entire timevs>Have to leave and be somewhere at a certain time>leave house and just get on bikeI mean sure it's a minor inconvenience at best but it's still an inconvenience. I don't want to put any friction between me and simply riding my bike, I just want to get on it and go
>>2075215get a stalhelm and just wear it all the time. if anyone asks why you're wearing a helmet constantly, start reciting neo-nazi phrases
>>2074777You wouldn't want to be a drooling vegetable retard after smashing your head against the ground, would you?
>flashback to when I was 12yo>go home from school>time to ride bike yay>riding on sidewalk>blocked by parked white candy van>turn to street>BOOM>everything goes black>wake up on the ground>blood pouring out the back of my head>I wasn't wearing a helmet>ambulance>bouncing in and out of consciousness>hospital>Dr: "I'm going to need to check for internal bleeding, alright?">me:"aughaghaaallright">BAM>Dr gives me a full finger up the butt>suddenly go fully conscious>AAAAAAAAAnd that's why I wear a helmet now
>>2075356How will a helmet protect your butt?
