Comments on: Dear Bike-Helmet Haters: I Am Sorry, You Were Right

By: CycleLawyer

CycleLawyer — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:05:34 +0000

I get the tongue in cheek element of this post - clearly helmets partic bright coloured ones can be a honeytrap (!) for bee's

On a serious note - If you suffer injury in a cycle accident and want to make a claim - failing to wear a helmet will cost you dearly. Insurers will seek to deduct up to 25% of damages in relation to any head injury element of a claim.

By: Bee in My Bonnet « Cycling

Bee in My Bonnet « Cycling — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:46:28 +0000

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By: Bee in My Bonnet « Bike Noob

Bee in My Bonnet « Bike Noob — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:15:04 +0000

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By: Will

Will — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:17:03 +0000

I love this blog

By: Andrew Beaujon

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:27:48 +0000

Hair ≠ problem for me!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:25:06 +0000

Bee in the helmet happened to me this morning on my way to work! Lucky it was when I was pulling up to a stop light. I took the helmet off but saw nothing, and realized it was in my hair.

I tried to shake it off, but it wouldn't let go, and ended up crawling around between my eye and my sunglasses! ACK!!! Luckily I got rid of it before it got me.

By: Richard Keatinge

Richard Keatinge — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:13:53 +0000

A bee trap! I like it. Could you glue some mosquito netting over the vents, or use one of those helmet covers?

You could just leave off the helmet of course - helmet laws have stopped a lot of people cycling and have done nothing for head injury rates, see Robinson DL. No clear evidence from countries that have enforced the wearing of helmets. BMJ 2006;332: 722-5. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7543/722-a. It appears that helmets break easily, but don't absorb the impact, see the engineers quoted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmet.

A broken helmet has simply failed, and the widespread anecdotes on the theme of "a helmet saved my life" seem to owe more to wishful thinking than to science. The only definite connection is that helmets have strangled a few young children who were wearing helmets while playing off their bicycles. If someone with a bad allergy repeats your stunt then death by bee sting might one day be added to the account.

By: robin

robin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:24:05 +0000

I got one trapped in my sock this morning when running! so the helmet isn't the problem...: )

By: Q

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:38:19 +0000

Andrew, seriously...how many people get stung by bees while riding their bikes vs. get injured in collisions or falls on their bike. The two aren't comparable. HELMETS reduce injuries and can save lives. True in the 70's and early 80's riding with a helmet was for wusses, but nowadays, riding without a helmet is for wusses.

By: Angry Al Gonzales

Angry Al Gonzales — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:16:01 +0000

Whoa - a bee in the bonnet! Wake & bake, jump on the bike, riding on the trail, & OUCH! Dang, that'd be rough way to start a Friday. TGIF anyway - as they say, if that's the worst thing that happens ...