BMA, helmets etc.

John Hearns came up with the following;:

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Also note that they would recommend helmets for BMX, mountain biking
and competitive cycling.

As most competitive cycling has mandatory helmet use, I don't see that as a
problem, too much.

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At Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:01:19 +0100, message
<[email hidden]> was posted by "Paul - [censored]"
<[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of the
following:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Also note that they would recommend helmets for BMX, mountain biking
and competitive cycling.

Quoted message said:

As most competitive cycling has mandatory helmet use, I don't see that as a
problem, too much.

Until you get Jacques Barrot standing up in front of Velo City and
saying that we should all take the racers as our model and wear
helmets.

Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

Just zis Guy, you know? came up with the following;:

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At Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:01:19 +0100, message
<[email hidden]> was posted by "Paul - [censored]"
<[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of the
following:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Also note that they would recommend helmets for BMX, mountain biking
and competitive cycling.

Quoted message said:

As most competitive cycling has mandatory helmet use, I don't see that
as a problem, too much.

Until you get Jacques Barrot standing up in front of Velo City and
saying that we should all take the racers as our model and wear
helmets.

Fair comment.

The argument might then be that competition is inherently more dangerous as
the aim, mostly, is to be 'the fastest'. That is not, generally <cough>,
the aim of cyclists in general.

Similar to motorsport, where all track racers wear helmets, but 'normal' car
drivers do not.

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At Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:11:51 +0100, message
<[email hidden]> was posted by "Paul - [censored]"
<[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of the
following:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> Also note that they would recommend helmets for BMX, mountain biking
> and competitive cycling.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

As most competitive cycling has mandatory helmet use, I don't see that
as a problem, too much.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Until you get Jacques Barrot standing up in front of Velo City and
saying that we should all take the racers as our model and wear
helmets.

Quoted message said:

The argument might then be that competition is inherently more dangerous as
the aim, mostly, is to be 'the fastest'. That is not, generally <cough>,
the aim of cyclists in general.

Except that the fatality rate among top class riders appears (this may
be wrong, we're still collecting data) to be rather higher since
mandatory helmet use. There certainly seem to be a lot of crashes at
the moment. Whether this is the effect of risk compensation, or
whether the pressure to win is higher, I don't know.

Quoted message said:

Similar to motorsport, where all track racers wear helmets, but 'normal' car
drivers do not.

Hmmmm. Those helmets are designed for the job, though. The major
source of head injury to cyclists is something for which cycle helmets
are not designed.

Guy
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"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

Just zis Guy, you know? came up with the following;:

Quoted message said:

At Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:11:51 +0100, message
<[email hidden]> was posted by "Paul - [censored]"
<[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of the
following:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>> Also note that they would recommend helmets for BMX, mountain biking
>> and competitive cycling.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> As most competitive cycling has mandatory helmet use, I don't see that
> as a problem, too much.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Until you get Jacques Barrot standing up in front of Velo City and
saying that we should all take the racers as our model and wear
helmets.

Quoted message said:

The argument might then be that competition is inherently more dangerous
as the aim, mostly, is to be 'the fastest'. That is not, generally
<cough>, the aim of cyclists in general.

Except that the fatality rate among top class riders appears (this may
be wrong, we're still collecting data) to be rather higher since
mandatory helmet use. There certainly seem to be a lot of crashes at
the moment. Whether this is the effect of risk compensation, or
whether the pressure to win is higher, I don't know.

I always thought so ... but certainly for mountain biking based upon my own
empirical testing 🙂 I know a helmet is a help, though probably not in the
way intended.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Similar to motorsport, where all track racers wear helmets, but 'normal'
car drivers do not.

Hmmmm. Those helmets are designed for the job, though. The major
source of head injury to cyclists is something for which cycle helmets
are not designed.

Quite.

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in message <[email hidden]>, Paul - [censored]

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Just zis Guy, you know? came up with the following;:

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At Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:01:19 +0100, message
<[email hidden]> was posted by "Paul - [censored]"
<[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of the
following:

Quoted message said:

> Also note that they would recommend helmets for BMX, mountain
> biking and competitive cycling.

Quoted message said:

As most competitive cycling has mandatory helmet use, I don't see
that as a problem, too much.

Until you get Jacques Barrot standing up in front of Velo City and
saying that we should all take the racers as our model and wear
helmets.

Fair comment.

The argument might then be that competition is inherently more
dangerous as
the aim, mostly, is to be 'the fastest'. That is not, generally
<cough>, the aim of cyclists in general.

Also, riding competitively in a peloton, the risk of a mass stack is
very considerably higher than it is in normal road riding.

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