I did a really stupid thing

[redrhodie]

Ha! I've almost done it, too! For me, it's the hat I wear under my helmet in the winter. Something on your head, so it feels normal!

Very glad it turned out well!

[Melalvai]

I do the ABC Quick Check but from now on I will add "helmet" to that check! That is a funny story, and I could entirely see me doing something just like that. In fact I used to come back to work all the time, about ten minutes after I left, to retrieve my helmet.

I guess I don't forget it anymore because I hang it on my handlebar when it's not on my head.

[Wahine]

Ha! I've almost done it, too! For me, it's the hat I wear under my helmet in the winter. Something on your head, so it feels normal!

Very glad it turned out well!

I've done it before too. For the same reasons. The last time I did it, I realized half way through my commute and I was soooooooo nervous the rest of the way to work. I was equally nervous about going home and took a longer commute back to avoid any traffic.

[tangentgirl]

Wagging finger...yikes!

I got to see one of those helmet-probably-saved-him accidents firsthand on a ride this weekend. As it was, dude had a nasty bump and a cut and some memory loss, and I shiver to think about what it would have looked like if he hadn't been wearing his helmet. And it was just one guy who lost control of his bike after hitting a patch of sand, no other cyclists, no cars, no factors like that. Black ice sounds scarier than sand.

But, hey, everyone forgets stuff sometimes. It's not like you intentionally didn't wear a helmet. Glad you were safe!

[kermit]

I took off on my new mountain bike the same way. Flip flops, no helmet, yeah... just a cruise around the hood, at 5 o'clock. I look up, cars everywhere. No road ID, nothing. Back home I went! As far as your ride...you won't do that again, I guarantee you!