How often do you wear your helmet?

[ANAO]

Nice article, nicer picture:

http://www.bicycling.com/rides/safet...GE_Bicycling__

[guido]

100%

[redir]

Only when I have to which means bike races or organized rides. Essentially I wear one when I ride with others but not when I go solo. I always wear one mountain biking too.

[AngryScientist]

generally speaking, if i have the rest of the roadie costume on: bibs and jersey, i wear a helmet. in street clothes, no helmet.

[velomonkey]

Originally Posted by ANAO

Nice article, nicer picture:

If that dude fell over and split his head open - I would cry.

I would cry because something so beautiful and something that other people clearly put time and effort into was harmed and marked - probably permanently. Sure you could maybe mend it and fix it with time and the help of others, but under all that you'd know - you would know it's never going to the same.

Then I'd go over and kick the guy in the head - just to make sure he suffered. A damaged speedvagen is fine, a damaged speedvagen because of blantent neglect is NEVER ok.

[fuzzalow]

Commuting in town on the Brompton? 0%.
Laps in Central Park on the Eriksen? 0%.
9W or anywhere other than above with the Eriksen on the open road? 100%.
Anywhere other than above with the Brompton on the open road? 0%.

[velomonkey]

Originally Posted by fuzzalow

Laps in Central Park on the Eriksen? 0%.

That surprises me. The time I spent in NYC a few years ago I had my helmet on during laps in Central Park. One for the traffic in the park and two for getting to and from the park.

Still, some dude on your eriksen with no helmet - I would begrudgingly think you were cool. But I wouldn't say so!!!!

[druptight]

Personally, 100%. No judgement though, and if I were this guy, I would have absolutely laid into DUI guy who was questioning my helmet choice.

[bpm]

I wear my helmet every time I get on my bike. I have two daughters and I have always told them they need to wear their helmets whenever they are on their bikes, no exceptions. I got on my bike one day to go around the block and with my girls and forgot to put my helmet on and my younger daughter (5 at the time) called me on it. She said that if she needs to wear one, so do I, and we weren't leaving until I put it on. It reinforced in me how I need to teach by example.

[charliedid]

Most of the time

[thwart]

100%.

Google frontal lobe syndrome.

[superbowlpats]

Originally Posted by guido

100%

This x1000

[JAGI410]

95%. The 5% I don't is when I'm test riding newly built bikes in the shop parking lot. If I'm testing my own bikes at home I will wear a helmet in my own driveway.

[tumbler]

99%. I occasionally go without when I take the Brompton 3 blocks over to get my hair cut (usually mid-day, neighborhood type traffic, and a bike lane, so I don't worry too much). Pretty much anything else is helmeted.

[RFC]

Always. It has save my head many times in too many wrecks.