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Got knocked down today, need new beater bike

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  • #52
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,805 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    BostonB wrote: »
    I think its like a bullet proof vest. Its not much good if you get hit by a tank, or shot in the face. That doesn't mean its not a good idea. Or that you need to wear it while watching TV.
    That's a quite moderate view and I can see why you put it that way.

    My personal point of view is that I have sincerely looked for credible peer-reviewed evidence that cycling is unusually productive of serious head injuries and found none. I also looked for credible peer-reviewed evidence (excluding case-control studies, because they are notoriously prone to confounding) that helmets are very effective in preventing serious head injuries and found none.

    I did find quite a lot of opinion by medical people that helmets were great, but it really wasn't backed up by any evidence, bar case-control studies.

    Before I went looking for these data, I did wear a helmet for about five years, every trip. I found it cumbersome to carry around off the bike -- it is after all pretty much as big as a human head -- and a pain to keep clean and odour-free.

    After I satisfied myself that cycling was not especialy productive of head injuries and that helmets were not especially effective in preventing head injuries, I stopped bothering.

    If I find new evidence that cycling is unusually productive of head injuries, I'll reconsider. I don't think evidence that helmets are very effective will appear, but even if it did, it wouldn't be sufficient to convince me to change back without compelling evidence of high risk of head injury while cycling.


  • #53
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Since I started back cycling I got knocked off once. It was the classic slow speed across the bonnet and landed on head impact. So I'm bias. That said from I was a kid to when I started work no one wore helmets. Its only really become popular in the last few years. Mind you I cycled a lot less then, than you do commuting or training. Back then no one wore helmets or safety shoes or did the safepass on buidling sites. I dunno if thats had any impact on stats on building sites either.


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