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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: 26 Mar 2025 18:51:39 GMT
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Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 3/25/2025 1:33 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I can't understand why anyone argues about wearing helmets other than
>>> about making it mandatory. Whether on not a person wears a helmet has
>>> no effect on anyone else. As for laws about adults wearing them, they
>>> are gradually falling by the wayside.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> C'est bon
>>> Soloman
>>> 
>> 
>> Get it required by organisations and organised events which is admittedly a
>> low percentage of cyclists ie folks who are club members and/or Sportives
>> etc which often requires helmets commonly due to insurance.
> 
> Even the insurance is usually a red herring. I ran our club's annual 
> century for about eight years. We carried insurance through the League 
> of American Bicyclists, and I was very familiar with their required 
> liability release. It said absolutely nothing about helmets.
> 
May well be! I do wear one for reasons but that’s one of the yes probably
excuses that you hear, though I very rarely ride in such events so.

> When I ran the ride, we did not require helmets. Almost everyone wore 
> one anyway. (It's part of America's "avid cyclist" costume, and fashion 
> is weird and powerful.) We had very few crashes and never a liability 
> problem.
> 
> 
Roger Merriman