Occasional or regular non-bike helmet cyclist?

[hebe]

I wear my helmet for the shallowest possible reason. I like to wear hats. After I ride up to wherever I'm going, I take my helmet off and put my hat on. I don't classify the riding I do as particularly dangerous - mostly poking around on bike trails around town. I'm not convinced a helmet is necessary in that situation the way it would be if I did any gnarly single track at high speed biking.

That being said, one more bad diagnosis and I'm off on a tour around the US, and I'll wear the helmet on the days I feel like it, and leave it off if I don't. I just won't feel like I'll be in danger of losing much quantity of life, while quality (wind in hair, and possibly Boobs) will become so much more important.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for another really bad diagnosis, but if it happens, all bets are off.

Thank you for posting this. I hope that you can get your wind-in-Boobs without another bad diagnosis.

[redrhodie]

I have 3 helmets that I wear regularly, a commuter with lights, a larger one I can fit caps under for cold weather, and a tighter one for warmer days (so I'm not always adjusting the straps). Takes one second to put any of them on. My hair looks the same after I get up in the morning, after I wash it, and after a 30 mile ride with a helmet (see my avatar, not far from the truth). No reason why I shouldn't wear one.

I don't care if other people don't want to wear one. It's their head. I'm into the freedom to be reckless, if no one else gets hurt.