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.