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Importance of wearing a helmet
even while eating a banana on one of our Bangalore Bicycle Championship races :)
We always emphasize the importance of wearing a good helmet while cycling – be it commute, a race or even a casual ride !
You never know when you might have a fall. Quite a few bikers have come back and told us stories about their helmets preventing an extra hole in their head.
While there are numerous studies for and against wearing helmets, we would prefer to have something between our heads if and when there is contact with tarmac or trail.
The importance of a helmet on a lighter vein :)
Like we said, wearing a helmet is THAT important.
Comments
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Cycling population would have been extinct in India by now if one were to believe this. May be for the races and tours, but not for general cycling, which is far more safer than perceived to be. Don’t make cycling more complicated than it should be. Also please read http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/09/fear-of-cycling-03-helmet-promotion.html – you are in fact making cycling more fearful by advocating helmets – my 2p.
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Dont think thats true – we are not saying you will definitely get hurt if you donot wear a helmet. And this is not a promotion to sell helmets. Thats not the way we work at BumsOnTheSaddle
Its more along the lines of using a helmet could save you if and when you have an accident.
We meet tons of bikers – who think its silly to wear a helmet while cycling. More because of what others will think about them than anything else.
A nudge that a helmet is not silly is sufficient to build that mind set in India – after that its your head. You can think with it and decide for yourself whether you want to protect it or not. None of our business.
