Do You Use A Helmet When Riding

[littlefire]

Absolutely! One of my cousins was riding a bike without a helmet a few years back and cracked her skull. She had brain damage that caused her to mentally go back to kindergarten. Luckily she recovered just fine.

[ChadTower]

I have an idea.

Someone come up with a good reason to not wear a helmet.

[JakeTheBake]

No, and I also refuse to wear the funny pants with the padded fanny.

[Marshmallow]

We have a rule around here: No helmet, no riding. When the grandkids break it, their ride goes into hiding for a month. Three strikes and the ride will be history. No one's made it past two strikes yet.

[Cory]

Always wear a helmet when biking. Even yesterday i went on flat trails that go through a 1000 acre meadow and its just powering through mud. I'm prone to concussions from prior sports so it took me a few falls to learn...

If you don't wear a helmet, wear one please.

[calvinandhobbes]

I always wear a helmet. Mainly because I get scolded for not doing so haha. The one I have now looks so geeky, I have to go buy another one so I do not feel so weird wearing it. But yeah I guess with helmets its better safe than sorry. I never do any dangerous biking though. Accidents can happen of course.

[agoodwriter]

Helmet is very important, because you cannot really know when you fall or something. In my opinion everyone should always use helmet. Some people think that it looks stupid, but it's for your own safety.

[mariaandrea]

I always wear a helmet now even though it took time to get used to, since no one wore one when I was a kid. But, as soon as I had my own kids and taught them to ride bikes, it became something I always did, like using a seat belt. I remember skidding on gravel on a road shoulder once as a teen and falling and getting scraped up and a bump on my head. Not fun. The way I see it, it's crucial in road/traffic situations - accidents happen all the time. And in the woods, mountain biking, lots of natural hazards and falling is even more common. It's cliche, but better safe than sorry.

[dinosaur]

Originally Posted by ChadTower

I have an idea.

Someone come up with a good reason to not wear a helmet.

1.They mess up my otherwise esthetaically pleasing configuration of hair.

2.I don't like the shape of my skull.

3. They are just useless wind resistence in my quest for speed.

4.The strap chafes my neck and I have enough scars already.

5.Birds keep landing on me trying to hatch my head.

6.My sunglasses don't feel right when I wear one.

7.I would have to buy more than one so the colors don't clash with my outfit.

8.I sometimes forget to take it off and people stare at me in restaurants.

9.When I go really fast it whistles and attracts groundhogs.

10.They don't really work because I fell off my bike once and hit my head and it hurt.

[ChadTower]

...still waiting on a good reason...