Helmet question

[KateNTx]

Edit for clarity- I don't go 25...maybe 8-10mph, it's the other traffic on the road that gets up to that speed.

[spokewench]

Edit for clarity- I don't go 25...maybe 8-10mph, it's the other traffic on the road that gets up to that speed.

Don't really want to be a killjoy, but you can fall at 1 mile per hour or 0 miles per hour, hit your head and get seriously hurt. I've had friends slip on ice, hit their heads and get a concussion and this was on their feet, not falling off their bikes!

So, I would also have to put myself in the category, wear a bike helmet whenever on a bike.

I also second trying on helmets. They all fit differently.

[tulip]

Edit for clarity- I don't go 25...maybe 8-10mph, it's the other traffic on the road that gets up to that speed.

My crash happened when I was going about 12mph on a deserted road with no cars 1 mile from the start of the ride. I got to take a helicopter to a trauma center, I got to have intravenous morphine, MRI, and I had a $10,000 hospital bill even though I didn't even stay over night. I couldn't speak in complete sentences for six months, although I could write just fine. I still have memory problems and word recall problems, and I cannot multitask anymore, not even a little. If I hit my head again, it could be really, really bad. If I have cognitive problems as I grow older, I can only assume that it will be related to my head injury as no one in my family has any history of dementia for the last three or four generations.

Just sayin'.