Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 3/24/2025 1:18 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

On 3/24/2025 12:12 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/24/2025 12:04 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

On 3/24/2025 10:35 AM, AMuzi wrote:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20250324-vingegaard-reveals-concussion- from-paris-nice-fall

Concussion are serious business compared to most broken bones. Collarbones generally heal fine and most others. A broken hip certainly more to worry about than most. Concussions are an unknown in my book and in many medical doctors. The left over effects are not always apparent at first and hard to really pin down. The brain in complicated and we see this in football over the years and boxing.
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In some way I don't blame a cyclist for walking away depending on the situation. Certainly from competitive cycling but even just riding in general as you can fall over bad just barely moving.

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I agree that the afteraffects of concussions might be commonly underestimated.
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I disagree that ordinary bicycling's risk of concussion is significantly higher than other activities'. Society would do better by stopping the scare tactics regarding bicycling, and by convincing motorists or pedestrians to wear helmets.
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Your hatred for helmets is well known. I shall ignore that and the you do as you want. Wear a helmet or don't wear one but please quit preaching it as if you are the only game in town.

I'm stating my opinion in a discussion group. You should be able to tolerate that, especially since over the years I've backed up my opinion with mountains of data.
Please note that your statements above, about the nasty "leftover affects" and "you can fall over bad just barely moving" apply exactly as well to running. Yet I'll bet you'd hate hearing that all runners should always wear a helmet when running.
The only real difference is you haven't yet expressed your hatred for running helmets.
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- Frank Krygowski