William Claspy typed:
On 8/7/06 2:14 PM, in article , "Tom
Nakashima" wrote:

There's a group (purist) of us cyclist that have been riding since
the 60's, we ride without a helmet.
We tend to train on mountain roads with very little traffic.
None of us have never had a accident that resulted in a head injury.

It just struck (sorry :-) me that this is sort of the Britney Spears
driving-with-a-baby-in-my-lap defense. "My daddy did it with me and
I'm OK, so it's OK for me to do it."

Or "I've driven my car without my seatbelt on for thirty years and
I've never been hurt, nor anyone in my family, so it is OK to be in a
car without a seatbelt."

That said, my best friend rides without a helmet much of the time.
He was concussed after being struck (hit and run) by a car last fall.
He wears a helmet more frequently now, but still not all the time.

That's my counter-anecdotal evidence. :-)

Within the limits of the law (or your willingness to go against that
law) you are free to do what you choose. I choose to wear a helmet
100% of the time I'm on my bike.

I've found that wearing a helmet, pads, and whatever other protection you
can find 100% of the time, whether or not a bike is involved, will eliminate
even more injuries. A friend of mine was sitting at work and had a 275lb
linebacker come out of nowhere and slam into him. If he hadn't been wearing
his full-body-bubble at the time, well, who knows. . .

That's my ridiculously-untrue-counter-counter-anecdotal evidence.
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TL,
Tim
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