This is why I always wear the best helmet I can afford

[blamebrampton]

See the cracks and missing chunk in this image:



That would be my head.

If you ride slowly on cycle paths or in Copenhagen, you can get by without one. Over 10kph/6mph and in mixed traffic, just cope with helmet hair. Brains belong on the inside!

Comments

[chamekke.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you had that helmet on!

One of my best friends died of a brain injury after he unexpectedly fell from his bicycle. He wasn't wearing his helmet that day :-( Ever since, I've been a bicycle-helmet evangelist. Helmets really do save lives ♥

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was once riding a few hundred metres to an ATM and did not take mine off the handlebars: was taken out by an illegally light-running taxi and lost nouns for 6 months and 1994 forever. Literally the only time I have ridden on the road in Aus without one. Since then, at least three life-saving helmet sacrifices. I love them.