A bike helmet saved my life.
After the car hit me, I flew 20 feet through the air and landed on the top of my head. Cracked helmet, road rash, and a slight concussion, but I walked away.
From a quick look at the video, it looks like his hair provided most of the impact absorption.
Victor Davis Hanson noted that when his carbon fiber front fork collapsed on him, his helmet did not protect him from a 100% face plant into the road.
Tiny fractures in the CF are often undetectable. Hoping mine and my son’s have no cracks......
My brother was in a bike race when he went down. His helmet was destroyed. It saved his skull.
Now he lives in a downstairs room at home because he cannot be trusted to negotiate the stairs anymore. Much less work the farm.
I gave up road biking a couple of years ago. It wasn’t worth the risk to me. I bought a nice treadmill and now use that instead. I love it. The climate’s always perfect and I can get dressed, have a great workout and have a shower afterwards all in an hour or so.
Is the tremble in his left hand normal for him?
Does he live in CT?
The sane thing is to wear a helmet on the street every time.
Also while mountain biking. Every time.
When riding along a paved river bike trail, use your discretion. Helmet optional, depending on the speed you ride and whether you cross any streets.
Wear the gear. Every time.
A bike and a motorcycle helmet save my life two separate times. Always ALWAYS wear a helmet or not and do the world a favor and remove the defective genes from the pool. The first time was on a green belt in Austin some yahoo slams on their brakes right in front of me and I hit them and went end over end over them hit head first on a large rock. Split that helmet in half and would’ve done that to my skull had it not been a top grade helmet. The bike shop I bought it from took back the helmet with my picture of.my bruised but not broken head. They put the smashed helmet up on their wall of life savers and gave me an identical new one. Bikes can get you killed right quick.
His large amount of hair helped cushion the blow....
What’s with his left hand shaking?
Seeing what NOT wearing a helmet did to Gary Bussy on his motorcycle has me always wearing one.
Getting older doesn’t need the help of a crash.