Bike crash

[codeinconnu]

Had a big cycling crash a couple of weekends ago. Coming down the Rest and Be Thankful (yes that is the real name, Argyll and Bute has some great place names - although perhaps Hell's Glen would have been a more suitable stretch to crash on). It is a fairly big hill so I was going along fast, until my front wheel slipped on patch of oil on the road

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[mimicucumber]

I 'ouch'ed about six times during that post. Poor you! And yes, weirdly I bet it was better to fall on an open hill rather than in muddled traffic.

The thing I read about helmets is that in traffic, they are less safe because drivers assume you are more 'safe', unlike people without who they treat like glass. Or is it the other way round, you look less experienced with a helmet on, so you're treated safer? I don't remember. Funny how psychology has something to do with it though.

[codeinconnu]

I read the same thing i think. I suppose i do the same too when driving - if i see someone cycling along with their hoody top up then i definitely give them more space because i half expect them to do something daft without looking first.

[_cherryvanilla_]

OUCH! That does not sound good :(. I can only hope some miraculous anti-histamine is discovered before you start sneezing.

This is a timely reminder for me to get my cycle helmet out. I never wear it, and I have absolutely no excuse. I have no doubt that it's safer to wear a helmet than not. A friend of mine had a bad crash a couple of years ago and fell on her head. Her face was swollen up like the Elephant Man and she had severe headaches for a while. If she hadn't been wearing a helmet her skull would have smashed, without doubt.

Get better!

[codeinconnu]

Frankly i feel like a mushroom head wearing a helmet quite beside the point that i dont want to carry it about and have a sweaty head. Plus it is a nice feeling on a warm summers day cycling and having the wind blow through hair. But yeah i've lost those objections now, i can put up with looking like a mushroom. (Heck i even had a mushroom haircut when i was 12!)

Also found out the helmet manufacturer has a crash replacement policy - if it is under 3 years old send in the old broken helmet and get a replacement for cost price. I was quite impressed with that!