Do YOU wear YOUR helmet!

i feel like somethign is missing if iam not wearing my helmet.
but i dont wear it if iam just onmy driveway or something. but when i acctually go riding its always onmy head

ya i try to wear it, but not all the time. i think its totally up to the rider. if im learning something new, or know im gonna be pushing it over what i am comfortable usually doing, then ill throw it on, but if im just gonna be messing around i probly wont

Always wear it, always will. It's only off when I'm taking my bike from my truck to my house.

The only reasons I can see for not wearing a helmet are these:
1. Don't like the 'look'. aka. want to be cool aka. like the ghetto look without one aka whatever.
2. Too lazy to find it/forgot to bring it/whatever.

Neither one really seems like any justification to me. Those of you who don't wear em: any compelling reasons I'm missing?

you gots it gandi

everyone laughs at my friend and i when we ride with our helmets…so i usually find something to throw at them

why wouldnt you? i mean they dont obstruct you in any way shape or form and they'll save your ass better than a toque..

i wear mine when i go on rides. if im goin to get somethin from the store or goin to a friends house i wont…but if i wanna ride i be sportin my helmut

Originally posted by BuckChoklit
no, DUDE. This debate has been run over anbout a zillion times.

Well then maybe you shouldn't respond……gotta love being young and confrontational

My philosophy is that if somebody isn't wearing one, and they smash their head, I am not always in a great big hurry to help out when I find them lying in a pile of pain. Just me, mind.

Originally posted by snow_homie
I suppose that that damned pulp mill is making the city go craaaaaaaaaaaazzzyyyyy. . . :rolleyes:

We have a pulp mill?

i most of the time wear mine, depends on what im doing, if im jus praciticeing some urban at the school then i wont, but if im going to dt to ride or to the shore, i will of of course wear it!

I think an important part of pg_trail_junkie's point is that these guys are professionals, and representing our sport. Not just to fellow riders (who already know the dangers,) but to Joe Public who then thinks we are a bunch of irresponsible yahoos that don't care about our own lives, let alone anyone else. I mean, is a BMX-style skid lid really that much less "core" than no helmet?

Also, if you decide not to wear a helmet, then turn yourself into a brain dead vegetable when you bail, I don't think I should have to send my tax dollars to keep your worthless ass alive.

My couple pennies.

i wear my helmet all the time:D

Do you think I care what you think?

And Gandi, There also hot.

Originally posted by k-Bizzle
I don't care at all if people don't use one for street or dirt, because it's not my problem if they crash, and I rarely wear my helmet for street. But at least have the fucking courtesy to wear one on the trails, because If you crash and break your head open, it's not just you suffering, the trail will be shut down because of you. I always wear my helmet for trails and dirt.

What about the fact that our tax dollars are paying for the person that crashes and breakes their head open on street or dirt?

There should be a waiver people sign if they're not willing to take proper precautions that waives their right to free medicare.

Originally posted by Gandalf
What about the fact that our** tax dollars are paying for the person that crashes and breakes their head open on street or dirt?

There should be a waiver people sign if they're not willing to take proper precautions that waives their right to free medicare. **

We all pay taxes so your point is moot.

Since when do you care what I do with MY OWN head?