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Should I get a helmet?

I began wearing helmets because of my kids. I realized I couldn't very well tell them to wear a helmet while not wearing one myself. So I bought a good one and began to wear it. At first, I felt like a conspicuous, bloomin' idiot, but after a few months that feeling pretty much went away.

Bought a new helmet, a red one this time, just the other week. Came in handy yesterday too. I was coasting downhill, ducked my head to thread my way under a fallen tree that was leaning across the trail, and didn't duck far enough. I was glad enough for the helmet then, believe me.
 

maxyedor

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Oct 20, 2005
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interesting side note, Ihave had thousands of crashes on my mountain bike, who hasn't?, and only twice have I hit my head, but I have had a small handfull of crashes comuting to work and obliterated three helmets and severly smashed two more. so for comuting I would say a helmet is not a good idea but an absolute must!
 

robdamanii

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May 2, 2005
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Out of my mind, back in a moment.
A helmet is ALWAYS an absolute must, unless you are a clairvoyant type of person. ALWAYS expect that you will crash and hit your head, even if you're riding around your own driveway. NOBODY is too good to crash.
 

bicycleman

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Dec 7, 2005
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right now im using one of those new protect that actually have strofoam on them i have taken crashes at proboly 30 mph on rocky single track and didnt even have a headache afterward.
i aslo tooka crash on the street when in was riding next to my friend and him being an mtb newb he made a sharp left from the right side of me and cut me off i hit his bike and flipped forward and my helmet and head was fine and we were hauling
 

amhso

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Dec 13, 2005
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It's not worth not wearing a helmet....and you can get one at like walmart for 10 dollars if you really don't want to spend lots of money on something that "makes me look like a geek."