I finally switched to clipless and only fell once, but am still scared

[run it, ride it]

I wonder if I can wear the biking helmet on the horse as well, cuz the horse helmets are heavier and a total PITA.

Bike helmets are not approved for equestrian activities. You just don't sustain the same sorts of impacts. A bike helmet is inadequate.

I highly recommend the Tipperary Sportage as a schooling helmet. It's lightweight, has a flattering profile, and offers protection to the base of the skull. It is in fact the cheapest helmet on the market ($60) with the highest safety rating.

Having destroyed more than one riding helmet (mostly freak accidents during light riding), and having also found myself tangled between a bicycle and the under-chassis of a car with a barely-spared skull, I can tell you, a helmet is vital. It may be a personal choice right now, but ending up paralyzed, brain-damaged or dead will put a lot of undue stress on friends and family for a completely preventable pending accident.

[Pascale]

I wonder if I can wear the biking helmet on the horse as well, cuz the horse helmets are heavier and a total PITA.

I'm so sorry - I was completely kidding on this comment, forgetting how easily comments can be misconstrued online if you don't actually know someone. If I thought they were interchangable, I'd never bother to get a bike helmet and just use the Troxel I already have for horses. Bad me!!!!

[run it, ride it]

Aww, but I was all ready with the rebuttal arsonal of news stories URLs...

Whew, no worries. Glad to see you've got a head on your shoulders worth protecting!