Quote Originally Posted by Muirenn View Post
My mountain bike helmet provides significantly more protection for the back of my skull than my road helmet. I good place to look for different types is Competitive Cyclist. My is the POC Tectrel (spelling? can't remember!).
Interesting, you'd think that protecting the back of the head would be an objective for designing a road bike helmet, too.

Also +1 on walking whenever you are not comfortable riding.

Also the best mountain biking I received was: look where you want to go. Meaning look at the trail in front of you, don't fixate on the trees on either side or the roots or rocks or whatever you want to not ride into.