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Tag: helmets

  • WHY IT MAKES SENSE TO BIKE WITHOUT A HELMET

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    It is an interesting article and worth the time and thought.  I have read a lot of the linked material over time first and I like how he put this together.  You can click on Helmets in my tags and get a sense of these.  Today, the fact that we make decisions on public policy…

  • Senseless – Bicycling Magazine

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    Take time to read the article at Bicycling Magazine http://www.bicycling.com/senseless/ It was worth the time and the length. Nothing is more important. Bicycle helmets do an outstanding job of keeping our skulls intact in a major crash. But they do almost nothing to prevent concussions and other significant brain injuries—and the very government agency created…

  • Cycling Is the Top Sport for Head Injuries

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    In a post today on the NYTimes there was an interesting piece on the nature of cycling and head injuries.  I still object to laws requiring a helmet to be worn at all times and wear my helmet constantly for touring and commuting.  Assumption of risk, and cost, is an issue and not one to…

  • Lose The Helmets

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    From Slashdot this morning.  One imagines that one does understand the comments even before they are posted.  Trot on out there and look at the billion comments if you dare. This much I see in Portland: whenever folks gather and try to stop any sport or activity they turn to an attempt to require helmets.…

  • Casqu’en ville: Hats and Helmets

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    Casqu’en ville gives you the opportunity to wear a small and light helmet made in accordance with international safety standards, coated with carbon, a material known for its sturdiness, resistance and light weight. The helmets and hats are fitted with snaps. Pick the hat you like, snap it on the helmet and you are good…

  • Bell Helmets Rock Replacing Your Lid

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    I fell riding the TransAm this summer.  I fell on this curve on Hwy 12 near Lowell, ID.  I was pondering external things.  Essentially after a long day of riding not focusing on the narrow pavement outside the white line quite as thoroughly as I should have. One of the many things impacted in my minor excursion…