Another wear your helmets kids thread.

[BDC]

In an instant. Bam. Big head knock right above ear. If not for the good helmet I'd be in a lot worse shape than the mild headache I have now. Otherwise fine.
I don't ride anything without one any more.

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[Captain Awesome]

In an instant. Bam. Big head knock right above ear. If not for the good helmet I'd be in a lot worse shape than the mild headache I have now. Otherwise fine.
I don't ride anything without one any more.

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Bridges and boardwalks everywhere around here and they’re all the same. Slick as ice

 

[BDC]

Yah - and I knew it would be - particularly with knobbies - I'd actually finished the turn and relaxed a bit and ...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Things get pretty slick as the weather changes. Wet wood is always unpredictable. Glad that tumble wasn't more serious! My last crash was pretty unexpected as well. I should have been wearing my lid, I gotta make it a habit

 

[us56456712]

I always wear a lid. I cracked one and the outer shell came off. I missed a turn, went off the trail, dropped 5 meters straight down into a narrow stream bed and crashed face first into a rock wall on the other side. I was knocked out and after I woke up I couldn’t figure out how to untangle myself from the bike or how to climb out of the ditch. Dah. Another crash just resulted in helmet dents. I felt the MIPS system move. The helmet had a dent. I was knocked out and my jaw was dislocated. I had to drink food through a straw and then soft food for awhile. The next time I had my annual physical I told the doctor about injuring my jaw. He checked it out and said my jaw joint was “trash”, whatever that means. One of my friends is in a wheelchair chair from going over the bars on a paved bike path. He has a brain injury. He was wearing a helmet. He doesn’t remember the crash.

 

[Captain Awesome]

I’m a helmet proponent but admittedly still pop out without one occasionally. My wife keeps me in check

Had a buddy loop a wheelie in the parking lot after riding all day, fractured his skull, brain bleed, dead. Another has a permanent TBI from going OTB. No spinal cord damage but his brain injury caused him 75% paralysis on one side

I myself have had multiple diagnosed concussions (probably a few undiagnosed) and am not excited to see what that brings me as I age

 

[Otto (Spelled Backwards)]

I usually wear one...I was thankful I was on this ride...

It was a "confidence builder" ride, I was recovering from a spill at the skatepark that messed up my AC joint in my shoulder about a month prior.
Came flyin' down the trail, hit a jump that I needed to turn right after the landing...way over-shot the jump & turn & headed straight into a Cedar...

Needless to say it took a few more rides to get my confidence back! Thanks Protec!

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

heck ya, thank goodness for quality helmets. In June 2023 I crashed hard in the woods on my cyclocross bike, landed face first. I only know that because of my injuries and the front vents of the helmet being packed full of dirt. The MIPS system helmet had three cracks in the front. I had a severe concussion, three days memory loss, and no recollection of the crash. I only knew where I crashed because my GPS showed where I stopped riding and rode back home. Rode two miles back home and can't remember it! Bike was covered in blood. A week later I walked to that spot, and there were two new dirt jumps that local punks put in the middle of trail. I was probably looking at the river next to the trail and didn't see them.

I'm still healing from that crash. At 60 years old healing takes a lot longer.

 

[rickpaulos]

Our local bike club president went into a weed filled ditch on a solo road ride a few years ago. His helmet called 911. It had a crash detector paired to his cell phone. Otherwise they never would have found him. Neck and spine injury. No more bike riding, no driving, no working. A couple of surgerys, months & years of therapy. Still needs help to do just about anything.

I've known quite a few guys like him who took up cycling in their middle ages. They can get strong and fast but never developed the bike handling skills you get as a kid or criterium racer. Rather scary to ride with them. When I was still road racing you could tell the newbs and mtb racers in the packs, they were the guys that couldn't ride in a straight line in a pack or hold a steady speed. Building muscle strength and endurance is easy compared to brain reprogramming.

Wood can get microscopic layers of plant life growing on it. Extra slick even though you might not see it. Watch out.