Took the bike to work to cycle home today and forgot my helmet.
Rode home anyway and really enjoyed not wearing it.....should I have enjoyed it?
I know it's wrong but...
It's fine, till you get knocked off. Anyway, this is a can of worms thread almost as bad as the tubs thread... Helmets must be worn on club runs, that is all.
Interesting. I took mine off to ride up Mont Ventoux last year and did so on a solo ride a couple of weeks ago. Liberating. I wasn't using tubs though.
Are helmets compulsory on L'Eroica rides? If not, why not if they are on every other organised ride I've ever entered?
It's fine till you come off..trust me. without one 15 years ago I tried to dig a channel across the tarmac with my forehead and face....a helmet would have taken the brunt of the damage. Wearing one and coming off at 40+ down hill to Watten in France the helmet shattered but I was fine. Even on your own things happen whether its a car or pothole or lost tyre or gravel on a bend or even a jammed wheel. If you come of without one I guarantee the result will be worse than with. The latest are so light and give good ventilation it is not worth the risk.
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Just making the observation.
Are helmets compulsory on L'Eroica rides? If not, why not if they are on every other organised ride I've ever entered?
Lol, wanted to see if I could get it going again!