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Allow me to reintroduce myself…

No, seriously, I just want to say one thing:

Wear. Your. Helmet.

My chain derailed off of a simple crub drop pedalkick tonight, resulting in the back of my head meeting the sidewalk. I was scraped up, but laughed it off and walked away simply because, for some unknown reason, I did my helmet up on the six-block ride. If I hadn't, I would still be in the ER right now.

One of the guys I was riding with was a spawnsored BMXer back in the day. He smacked his head in the Richmond park and split his skull open. Imagine having to spend 7 years off of your bike while you recover from that.

Please, take care of yourselves. An 80% recovery from a head injury sounds good on paper, but is quite disturbing in real life.

:)

good advice.

i know firsthand how recovery from a brain injury can be a slow process. my father is recovering from a brain hemorrhage a few months ago, and while things seems normal most of the time, a lot of his cognitive functions are still taking time to come around. his reaction time physically and mentally is still slow.

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Yah helmets are a good thing. Unless you ride bmx, than your lower to the ground, thus reducing vital injuries ..

its amazing threads like this still pop up so frequently

Yah helmets are a good thing. Unless you ride bmx, than your lower to the ground, thus reducing vital injuries ..

let me guess, the soft-spot never quite healed.

Yah helmets are a good thing. Unless you ride bmx, than your lower to the ground, thus reducing vital injuries ..

You're joking right???:eek: