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POLL: Riding helmetless

Do you always wear a helmet

Damn Straight!
13.1%
I ain't sacrificing my ride.
86.9%
Total votes: 99
Nov. 20, 2005, 5:42 p.m.
Couch_Surfer
Posts: 14924
Joined: Feb. 19, 2003

Went for a quick run with some friends on SFU today when some guy rolls up with no helmet. I guess he forgot it and when he got to the top of the mountain and unloaded his bikes (let's not digress into the level of lameness of shuttling SFU) decided he'd risk it. When questioned on it - he responded with an eye-rolling 'like you'd sacrifice the ride…'

So who else here would not 'sacrifice a ride' under the circumstances? Me - I'm just kind of surprised that anyone would make that decision - but I guess that's why Mountain Dew still has a market.

Nov. 20, 2005, 6 p.m.
Danny-K
Posts: 0
Joined: Jan. 30, 2005

I'd never ride trails w/o a helmet.

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Nov. 20, 2005, 6:05 p.m.
RiotGirl587
Posts: 0
Joined: Nov. 19, 2005

uhhh I usaully ALWAYS wear a helmet..but there was 2 times i can remember i didnt. once on a-line on whistler…and the other time i got hit by a car…

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Nov. 20, 2005, 6:19 p.m.
Scott
Posts: 817
Joined: Nov. 19, 2002

i almost alawys wear a helmet….somtimes not when im dirt jumpin or riding street though…but ridiing trails alawys alawys

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Nov. 20, 2005, 6:22 p.m.
Taylor_P
Posts: 3740
Joined: Nov. 19, 2002

i dont go trail riding with out one, ever. ive had plenty of wipe outs where if i hadnt had one on, i would have gotten messed right up.

Nov. 20, 2005, 6:28 p.m.
jonny.zee
Posts: 1094
Joined: Sept. 13, 2004

Got to the top of Espresso once, sans helmet. Back down the fire road I went.

Nov. 20, 2005, 6:45 p.m.
three-sheets
Posts: 15759
Joined: May 29, 2004

Got to the top of Espresso once, sans helmet. Back down the fire road I went.

How do you manage to do that without notcing that there is no bowling ball dangling from your pack?

I have exploded 4 full face lids in my time…..all while JRA.

How could I ever ride without one?

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Nov. 20, 2005, 7:04 p.m.
Jay-T.
Posts: 0
Joined: April 8, 2005

never riddena trail without a helmet, but i do ride street and some dj's without one

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Nov. 20, 2005, 7:16 p.m.
toy4-jay
Posts: 0
Joined: Feb. 14, 2005

OH NOES!!!

I mis-read the poll and voted wrong….

I never ride without a helmet.

Nov. 20, 2005, 7:20 p.m.
The-Ultimate-Hack
Posts: 186
Joined: July 22, 2005

Riding without a helmet is an easy way to get killed, or become mentally retarded. It's stupid and pointless.

Nov. 20, 2005, 7:27 p.m.
schoenrock
Posts: 6026
Joined: Dec. 17, 2002

or become mentally retarded.

if you ride without a helmet i dont think you have to worry about that because you already are.

Nov. 20, 2005, 7:35 p.m.
Tom
Posts: 7566
Joined: March 7, 2004

The only time I don't wear a helmet is fireroad climbs with a full face helmet. I wouldn't even ride "just down the road" without a helmet.

Nov. 20, 2005, 8:29 p.m.
Dan-CH
Posts: 825
Joined: Sept. 10, 2005

I love my helmet. I've had to many bails where i'd probably be dead if I whasn't wearing one.

Nov. 20, 2005, 8:34 p.m.
M@M
Posts: 5189
Joined: March 21, 2005

any time where i could fall, i wear a helmet. going up fireroads does not require a helmet. commuting does.

wow, M&M, you're a fucking dick!

don't be so politically correct, this is stacy kohut, not fucking rick hansen your talkin too……..

Nov. 20, 2005, 8:36 p.m.
woodlotrider
Posts: 193
Joined: Dec. 2, 2002

i almost always mtb with one… but if i forgot it for some reason, i'd still ride, but just take it easy.

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