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Bicycle Helmets when you grew up

Started by alfred russel, June 21, 2012, 09:08:49 PM

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Did you wear a bicycle helmet as a kid?

35 or older - yes
3 (5.1%)
Younger than 35 - yes
2 (3.4%)
35 or older - no
28 (47.5%)
Younger than 35 - no
24 (40.7%)
Like Jaron, I never rode a bike as a kid
2 (3.4%)

Total Members Voted: 59

11B4V

What's up with the Jaron Option,  Mexicans dont ride bikes? They steal them, so they should know how to ride them.
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Heck no, which is why I'm this fine well adjusted person that I am after running into all those trees.
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Valdemar

Over 35 and no,

But as someone wrote, there werent any

Have kids, they use helmet, as do I when we bike together, do look silly though.

V

Duque de Bragança

35 and no.
Nobody had them in the BMX crowd. It was more for racing bicycles anyways though now you see them for mountain bikes as well.

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Threviel

Helmets were mandatory on school trips, so we had one in the family that was used for just that. Otherwise I never wore helmet, rarely used helmet on the moped either.

PDH

46 and no.  Like Seedy, we rode our bikes all over, did jumps, and even had "bike fights" with them.

Today, I ride my normal route along a county highway, with rednecks in pickups racing by me.  My bike helmet keeps the beer cans from causing a concussion.
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Grey Fox

Under 35 & no. Do I look like a cycling fag?

Man, the falls I took.

I still won't wear one, that's not going to go overwell with the GF when I'm going to argue the same for the kids.
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Barrister

Quote from: Grey Fox on June 22, 2012, 07:39:33 AM
Under 35 & no. Do I look like a cycling fag?

Man, the falls I took.

I still won't wear one, that's not going to go overwell with the GF when I'm going to argue the same for the kids.

You know it is now mandatory to wear one...
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Scipio

Quote from: Barrister on June 22, 2012, 09:04:35 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 22, 2012, 07:39:33 AM
Under 35 & no. Do I look like a cycling fag?

Man, the falls I took.

I still won't wear one, that's not going to go overwell with the GF when I'm going to argue the same for the kids.

You know it is now mandatory to wear one...
Spoken like a true jackbooted thug.
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Barrister

Quote from: Scipio on June 22, 2012, 09:10:31 AM
Quote from: Barrister on June 22, 2012, 09:04:35 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 22, 2012, 07:39:33 AM
Under 35 & no. Do I look like a cycling fag?

Man, the falls I took.

I still won't wear one, that's not going to go overwell with the GF when I'm going to argue the same for the kids.

You know it is now mandatory to wear one...
Spoken like a true jackbooted thug.

I'm a loafer-wearing thug, thank you very much. -_-
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Pedrito

#28
39 and a big fucking NO.

I ran my bike everywhere, city and country roads. My kids wear it when cycling in town, they don't use it offroad .

On a somewhat related note, though, last year I bought an helmet for skiing. Too many idiots recklessly speeding on ski slopes.

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DGuller

I wore it all the time, and I didn't even have a bicycle.