# Bicycle helmets... do you wear one? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214 "2009-07-28T09:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/1 "2009-07-28T09:07:38Z")
I’m just getting back into riding after not being on a bike since college. I was surprised to see how many adults wear helmets now. Doing a little reading this morning I found out it’s actually law in all Erie County parks that all ages have to wear them. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/2 "2009-07-28T09:16:01Z")
YES! A customer of ours was in an accident with a car and slammed his head on the pavement. He was only going a few MPH but if he didnt have his helmet on, he probably would have been dead or severely injured. IMO its a simple thing to do to prevent a major injury. ---
**Author:** ![almostBrett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/almostbrett/32/5249_2.png) [@almostBrett](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/almostBrett)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/3 "2009-07-28T09:16:42Z")
i ride a decent amount and usually don’t wear a helmet… but if im going for a ride with a group of adults i almost always wear a helmet, just because we take main roads threw the country and cars drive like assholes ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/4 "2009-07-28T09:17:52Z")
mountain biking, yes, dont feel like hitting a tree or having my tire kick out on roots and going head first into the ground. other than that, no i dont wear a helmet edit: you should have a poll for “in certain cases i wear a helmet” ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/5 "2009-07-28T09:19:24Z")
:uhh: ![http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413S2JKWEJL.SL500_AA280.jpg](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413S2JKWEJL._SL500_AA280_.jpg) I remember when they put in the helmet law for ages 13 and below. I got stopped and gave an amherst cop a 15 minute lecture at like age 11 on why the helmet law sucked and infringed on personal freedoms and discriminated against kids. He took me home and told my parents to send me to law school. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/6 "2009-07-28T09:25:39Z")
When I lived next to Sprague Brook and rode there I actually received a warning about helmets. That was a long time ago. The first day I wore a helmet I went over the bars and actually punctured the helmet. Thank God I had it on or I may have gotten a stick to the brain. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/7 "2009-07-28T09:26:02Z")
Actually just before the helmet law, i was riding my bike, looked back to see where my brother was, who was chasing me on foot. Apparently, i looked back to see where he was and lost control, fall backwards off the bike and hitting my head, giving me one bad concussion. only thing i remember was showing up to the hospital, nothing before, nothing inbetween until i showed up to the hospital. so wearing a helmet is a good thing, but ride at your own risk is the only thing i can say. ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/8 "2009-07-28T09:41:47Z")
I haven’t rode in a long time, but if I were to ride where there was heavy traffic, you bet your ass I’m wearing a helmet. My cousin’s husband was just killed last week from not wearing a helmet. ☹ [http://www.kval.com/news/local/51353867.html](http://www.kval.com/news/local/51353867.html) This also reminds me of a story. When I was little, my friends and I would ride our bikes down this steep hill really fast. I beat my friend so I stopped at the bottom of the hill to wait for her. Apparently she wasn’t paying attention, because all of a sudden she slammed into the back of my bike. I flew off and landed on my head. My helmet was cracked in 3 places, but I was ok. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/9 "2009-07-28T10:19:51Z")
The law requiring them in the parks seems so stupid to me, but then again, it is Erie County. I wouldn’t agree with requiring them on the road but at least with the traffic it would make sense. ---
**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/10 "2009-07-28T10:50:07Z")
Mountain biking I do. I don’t ride my bike on the roads, so can’t really comment otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/11 "2009-07-28T11:03:52Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > stopped and gave an amherst cop a 15 minute lecture at like age 11 on why the helmet law sucked and infringed on personal freedoms and discriminated against kids. He took me home and told my parents to send me to law school. Theres no way an Amherst cop would listen to an 11 year old kid “lecture him” even for one minute. I hated waring a helmet when I was younger because of how ridiculously “uncool” it was, but I think I would wear one now. It is just as easy as a seat belt. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/12 "2009-07-28T11:06:36Z")
> [@MOBOOST4U](#): > > Theres no way an Amherst cop would listen to an 11 year old kid “lecture him” even for one minute. > > I hated waring a helmet when I was younger because of how ridiculously “uncool” it was, but I think I would wear one now. It is just as easy as a seat belt. He thought it was funny when he was taking me back to my house. He made the mistake of asking me why i dont wear a helmet ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/13 "2009-07-28T11:16:03Z")
can’t ride w/o one, feel naked. take one good shot to the head and you’ll never go w/o one again… ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/14 "2009-07-28T11:26:59Z")
normally no. if im going on trails i do. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/15 "2009-07-28T11:28:34Z")
I really should. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/16 "2009-07-28T11:35:11Z")
depends on what I’m doing. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/17 "2009-07-28T11:36:03Z")
Yeah, I guess I’m going to pick one up. I’m part of that generation that grew up without one even as a kid and stopped riding just about the time helmets really started catching on. I didn’t even think about it until last night when I was cruising around the bike path along N. Forest and noticed how many people had them. ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/18 "2009-07-28T11:44:36Z")
I only wear it if I plan on doing some gnarly hills ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/19 "2009-07-28T11:48:39Z")
I ride several hundered miles a year on my roadbike, less than a hundered of them with a helmet. (only if I am riding the city streets for a long time, car doors scare me into it) X… ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214/20 "2009-07-28T11:50:02Z")
I’m the opposite… If I’m in the city I feel like I’m in far better control and don’t wear a helmet at all. the country high speed rides is when I do [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bicycle-helmets-do-you-wear-one/71214.md?page=2)