I scratch my chin today having gone over the handlebars.

Another bike came across the road and turned towards on cycle path, so I hit the front brake too hard and over I went.

I'm going to get a full faced helmet I've decided.

No Idea what to buy or where from?

On I side note.

I run rim breaks. I thought they weren't that great. I was wrong..

 

Bashed elbow and toe hurts. I'll be fine though.

 

Sorry to hear about that. I hate other cyclists! Are bike frames mega magnetic or something? I went with a cheapo jawguaded helmet for £30 on Amazon three years ago, and it's protected my head from two headlong impacts with tarmac and more besides. I really should replace it. Keeps my ears warm in winter, has good ventilation for summer. This is an old pic of scrapes which would have ended up on my person. I've replaced the stickers with bigger more reflective ones since.

 

I don't want one with holes in that will let it water. I also want it to look evil. Ha.

I was thinking of a motorbike helmet?

Probably a cheapo one to see how it works out.

Visor would be good.

Another factor is the road traffic noise. It's so loud these days. I think something covering ears might make the ride in a bit nicer..

I've got a couple of hiviz helmet covers for when it's raining or especially cold, but they make my helmet look very silly hence even more hiviz, rather than evil. One of the covers looks extremely bright silver in car headlights, but a dull grey in daylight. The others are hiviz yellow with reflective bits.

 

I was thinking of a motorbike helmet?

Probably a cheapo one to see how it works out.

Visor would be good.

Another factor is the road traffic noise. It's so loud these days. I think something covering ears might make the ride in a bit nicer..

 

They are REALLY heavy by comparison to a cycling helmet - AND expensive.

They are REALLY heavy by comparison to a cycling helmet - AND expensive.

there no good for mtb as to heavy and restricted view and looking back left n right.

 

my helmet is heavy and does take time to get used to it and for 300 quid doubt you will find a better lid for the money why i got mine.

 

some twat did try punch me in the face with it on, must have broken every bone in his hand lol

there no good for mtb as to heavy and restricted view and looking back left n right.

 

my helmet is heavy and does take time to get used to it and for 300 quid doubt you will find a better lid for the money why i got mine.

 

some twat did try punch me in the face with it on, must have broken every bone in his hand lol

 

My jawguarded helmet's light, but heavier than the usual top hat type - your fancy helmet must be filled with the £270 in £1 coins I saved and I want them back! I knew the cosmic wormhole which lurks within the sofa swallowing money led somewhere..

Edited March 25, 20242 yr by guerney

 

some twat on a road bike hit me crossing the road with my old helmet i was not even fkn moving ! and i felt that and the thing at the back that tightens it was useless and twisted on my head on impact with his

 

he bent his front wheel in half tho on impact mavic dmax pro wins

 

i got retard rammers now

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some twat on a road bike hit me crossing the road with my old helmet i was not even fkn moving ! and i felt that and the thing at the back that tightens it was useless and twisted on my head on impact with his

 

he bent his front wheel in half tho on impact mavic dmax pro wins

 

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i got retard rammers now

 

You got hit by another cyclist too? Be prepared! Rapid Fatso is out there... His bike being dragged across the road by my bike's magnetism doesn't make sense. Rapid Fasto is fat enough to have his own gravity well.

 

 

 

 

Like the rest of me, my bike helmet would have been crushed flat with Rapid Fasto rolling over my bike. This cheapo helmet of mine is a perfect fit, I never use the straps because I don't want to end up strangled by my helmet in a collision - it was supplied with foam inserts of different thicknesses, which velcro to the inside, for a snug fit. Having gone over my handlebars head first and landed on my noggin twice, I can tell you my jawguarded helmet doesn't twist on impact.

It's funny how the baseball cap/hair/shower cap/bald skin etc. wearing crowd never write about their happiness at having avoided serious head, facial and dental injuries because they weren't wearing a helmet... possibly because they're regretful, too paralysed to type, in a coma, or dead.

.....or not stupid enough to fall off their bike.

Helmeted cyclists are not the norm in the Netherlands yet I seem to recall reading a few years ago a study which found that the majority of cyclists treated in A &E there for head injuries were helmet wearers. The conclusion was that as the helmet wearers were mainly "sports" type cyclists it was the method of use rather than the choice of transport that was the main risk factor.

Helmeted cyclists are not the norm in the Netherlands yet I seem to recall reading a few years ago a study which found that the majority of cyclists treated in A &E there for head injuries were helmet wearers. The conclusion was that as the helmet wearers were mainly "sports" type cyclists it was the method of use rather than the choice of transport that was the main risk factor.

 

Another notable thing about the Netherlands cycling accident statistics is that 40% of the circa 200 cyclist deaths each year are with no others involved, causing their own deaths.

 

No doubt once again the speed freaks.

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Helmeted cyclists are not the norm in the Netherlands yet I seem to recall reading a few years ago a study which found that the majority of cyclists treated in A &E there for head injuries were helmet wearers. The conclusion was that as the helmet wearers were mainly "sports" type cyclists it was the method of use rather than the choice of transport that was the main risk factor.

 

I fell over riding a motorcycle in the 80s, going slow over a gravel car park while trying to turn. When I went over the handlebars two years ago and landed on my jawguarded helmeted head, I was travelling under the legal pedelec speed limit on a flat unlit road when I collided with a tree root growing out of the side of the pavement into the road. Hence my mega bright lights. It's best to plan for the unforseen.

Edited March 26, 20242 yr by guerney

"An important #FathersDay message from me…WEAR A HELMET!"

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1002z9vne3o

 

He will use any excuse to get his top off...

 

Here is one of mine, I think Ramsay wins.....

I don't want one with holes in that will let it water. I also want it to look evil. Ha.

I was thinking of a motorbike helmet?

Probably a cheapo one to see how it works out.

Visor would be good.

Another factor is the road traffic noise. It's so loud these days. I think something covering ears might make the ride in a bit nicer..

Motor cycle helmets are far heavier than bicycle ones - unsurprising - and I think you will soon get sick of wearing one in a situation where you are doing physical work.

 

On another issue, whether you have to be going fast to kill yourself in a fall, you certainly don't have to be going fast, and it is nonsense to say that you do. Every year, people die from falling backwards onto the back of their heads. It is VERY common. Most 'one punch' killings happen not because of the force of the punch, but because of the fall onto the back of the head. People even die in ski lift queues slipping suddenly backwards on ice. Liam Neeson's wife, Miranda Richardson, for example, died in a simple 'toppling over' skiing accident, banging her head on hard packed snow. A friend and colleague of my partner, a doctor, suffered months of quite serious cognitive impairment after he fell from his bike at a very moderate speed, when a car clipped his handlebar and he struck his head on the road.

 

Nobody thinks wearing a polystyrene hat will save a cyclists life in every kind of accident. A lot of dead cyclists are actually run over and crushed by trucks and buses. What can be avoided is the potentially high number of deaths, injuries, and disabilities from head injury caused by tumbling from a bike in an uncontrolled manner. You don't have to break the skull to suffer a serious brain injury. Just shocking the brain by it moving inside the skull when the moving head suddenly stops on hitting the ground will do it. Head injury sufferers, often have radically changed personalities afterwards. You don't want that.

.............. Head injury sufferers, often have radically changed personalities afterwards. You don't want that.

That explains a lot about some posters in this thread...... .

 

I'd spent more than 20 years in the Navy and as a tall guy had banged my head countless times on hatch combings and other obstacles - helmets weren't and still aren't part of the uniform and weren't part of my cycling wardrobe either.

 

However, as I passed my three score years and ten and speed of reaction and agility lessened, I was wondering when in my approaching dodery state, I should for my own peace of mind, get myself a 'lid'.

 

Then on a lovely countrylane ride last October I failed to notice the adverse road conditions and off I came resulting in a double pelvic fracture and nasty bang on the head. Fortunately a full recovery and back on the bike after a couple of months BUT now wearing a helmet in recognition of my stupidity at not paying attention and a recognition of the passing years.

 

Some will argue that one such accident in 70+ years of pedaling is hardly justification for now going 'lidded' and a good portion of me would agree with you.

 

Thank goodness helmet wearing is a choice in this country though and at the moment my wife is more at ease when I cycle off - and that's what counts for me, but each to their own.

That explains a lot about some posters in this thread...... .

 

I'd spent more than 20 years in the Navy and as a tall guy had banged my head countless times on hatch combings and other obstacles - helmets weren't and still aren't part of the uniform and weren't part of my cycling wardrobe either.

 

However, as I passed my three score years and ten and speed of reaction and agility lessened, I was wondering when in my approaching dodery state, I should for my own peace of mind, get myself a 'lid'.

 

Then on a lovely countrylane ride last October I failed to notice the adverse road conditions and off I came resulting in a double pelvic fracture and nasty bang on the head. Fortunately a full recovery and back on the bike after a couple of months BUT now wearing a helmet in recognition of my stupidity at not paying attention and a recognition of the passing years.

 

Some will argue that one such accident in 70+ years of pedaling is hardly justification for now going 'lidded' and a good portion of me would agree with you.

 

Thank goodness helmet wearing is a choice in this country though and at the moment my wife is more at ease when I cycle off - and that's what counts for me, but each to their own.

 

I've been surprised at how many serious pelvic injuries happen at bicycle speed, but they do. These injures can lead to massive blood loss and death. Soundwave was very smashed up at a claimed 25 miles an hour.

He will use any excuse to get his top off...

 

Here is one of mine, I think Ramsay wins.....

 

 

This happened when I fell of the bike to the right side at 0mph. I was too near the high kerb with a back pack on with quite heave shopping in it (2 bottles of veno), my right foot missed the kerb when I touched down so that was that and I fell in to the road. No helmet but I was lucky and managed to keep my head up, only blood was was from hands and fingers on the tarmac but fck it was sore for days...

 

Probably a helmet is a good idea.

I've been surprised at how many serious pelvic injuries happen at bicycle speed, but they do. These injures can lead to massive blood loss and death. Soundwave was very smashed up at a claimed 25 miles an hour.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264863680071

 

Dressed up in that stuff, we could all look like aliens on Star Treck. Mind you - I bet if you'd had a crash, you'd be glad to have that on you.

So this is the stuff lycramen and SW wear under their shorts?

I've been surprised at how many serious pelvic injuries happen at bicycle speed, but they do. These injures can lead to massive blood loss and death. Soundwave was very smashed up at a claimed 25 miles an hour.

 

Do you happen to have any stats?

 

 

Dressed up in that stuff, we could all look like aliens on Star Treck. Mind you - I bet if you'd had a crash, you'd be glad to have that on you.

 

If sizing is on the large side, I could wear those over my trousers like Superman. Too tight will result in a squeaky voice, calling out for help could be beyond the range of human hearing, or sound too comical to be taken seriously.

Edited June 19, 20241 yr by guerney

Do you happen to have any stats?

 

 

No. The remark was made on an anecdotal basis, having watched numerous heli -med programmes and heard of cases of cyclists having pelvic fractures. they certainly occur and I would not have expected it given that most cycling is at moderate speed.

 

Your question led me to google the issue and I found some references, one of which suggested in a 12 year study of pelvic injury in southern Finland, that 19% of a sample of pelvic injury patients had bicycle crash related injuries.

 

The patients in the PRF group were more often injured due to a high fall (41% vs 25%, p < 0.001), whereas the most common injury mechanism in the N-PRF group was traffic related (MVA 25% vs 20%, p = 0.022) (Table 2). The incidence of PRFs following different injury mechanisms varied as follows: pedestrian trauma 55%, high fall 39%, patient struck at the scene of injury 32%, MVA 24%, motorcycle accident 21%, bicycle accident 19%, and low fall 7%.

 

Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00068-019-01210-5

 

Hope that helps. Most of their pelvic injuries were caused by falls from height and traffic accidents. The bicycle lot at 21% is to me, surprisingly high. I m guessing that some of these may have been as a result of being hit by cars as well as simply losing control and crashing off the road or onto the road.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-injuries-for-hospitalized-bicyclists-according-to-the-six-defined-ISS_fig4_346752662

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Percentage-of-fractures-in-each-body-region-of-the-cyclist_fig4_339631860