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highsided wearing a beanie helmet... on a bicycle

Bicycle accident took a chunk of my chin too. I was near some hobo, and he got up and took out a handful of napkins from his pocket to stop me from bleeding. I was like...um, I rather bleed thanks. Walked an hour with blood dripping :D
 
louemc said:
You don't want a motorcyle Helmet...but you do want (should want) a BMX helmet that looks like a dirt bike helmet /chin bar.

The only thing wrong with bicycle helmets is the bicycle rider buying the helmet.

If they can't think in terms of what is needed, they buy something that is real sketchy, on providing the protection needed.
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Go ride a bike at anything more than a "cruise to the liquor store to buy a six pack" pace and then come back and tell me that a BMX helmet is a reasonable choice. I agree with the sentiment, and wish that there were alternatives that offer more protection, but I'd die of heatstroke after about 20 minutes of real riding in a helmet like that.
 
JPK said:
Go ride a bike at anything more than a "cruise to the liquor store to buy a six pack" pace and then come back and tell me that a BMX helmet is a reasonable choice. I agree with the sentiment, and wish that there were alternatives that offer more protection, but I'd die of heatstroke after about 20 minutes of real riding in a helmet like that.
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Yeah, BMX racers aren't creating any body heat...What was I thinking :laughing
 
LOL - Getting hit with Feces makes me ponder 2 questions.

1. What type of person does something like that.

2. How long did they ride around with Feces handy just waiting for someone to hit with it and did they refresh it daily :)
 
I've thought about the fact that I ride with full gear on my moto and a helmet and gloves on my bike (unless I'm doing chairlift runs, then it's full gear). I split my chin once from end to end (38? stitches and an awesome scar) when a crashed and tried to spot myself with my chin. Skinned every fingertip as well (I wear full finger gloves now). I was chasing a HD down red mountain pass in Colorado back in college (he sure got pissed everytime we caught him in the corners) and I know we hit 50 a couple times, I'm sure losing it would have sucked...

Also my first intro to cycling in SF was not realizing where the muni tracks were at night and having a very similar experience except I was going uphill so it basically just toppled over..
 
Bravnik said:
LOL - Getting hit with Feces makes me ponder 2 questions.

1. What type of person does something like that.

2. How long did they ride around with Feces handy just waiting for someone to hit with it and did they refresh it daily :)
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It was warm. :|

I filed a police report. I could tell the clerk taking the report was having a hard time not laughing so I looked at her and said, "Go ahead and laugh. It is pretty f*cking funny." Then we both laughed.

Maybe the poo thrower had the magic ability to poo on command? :dunno Whoever it was threw it from the sidewalk. Luckily I was only a block from home so I was able to get home and strip on my doorstep within 90 seconds. The glasses kept the poo out of my eye, the helmet caught a bunch and my Timbuk2 got blasted. :green
 
UDRider said:
I didn't realise it even possible to high side on a bicycle.
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I've seen people on bicycles overcook downhill hairpins, lock the rear, and then get launched off. The bike usually goes with, though as the ride is clipped into the pedals.
 
rritterson said:
Why is this in General? Well, consider the injuries I'd have sustained wearing my typical motorcycle gear. Jacket would have taken my chest, gloves would have avoided the slight rash I have on my hands, and my full face would have taken both head impacts. I'd probably have no injuries whatsoever.

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I've noticed recently that white water kayakers are now wearing special kayaking helmets with chinbars on them. I used to wonder how they managed to get by with just beanie helmets in some of that category 4 water they like to kayak in.

You might check out one of the kayak stores like Clavey in Ukiah and try one out.
 
I just faceplanted on my road bike 2 weeks ago, finally able to take a real shower without elevating 2 extremities. i somehow managed to lowside the damn thing pedaling hard on a downhill right hander. caught some fine dirt between the road and the bike lane and down i went on my hands into the pavement. cut and badly swollen lip and road rash like no one's business. so far, a worse wreck than any i've had on my moto

bicycles are dangerous, i go slower now :|
 
UDRider said:
I didn't realise it even possible to high side on a bicycle.
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Probably the most famous bicycle highside in recent memory is Beloki's crash that forced Lance Armstrong off the road in the '03 Tour de France. Beloki broke his femur in that crash. You can actually hear him screaming in pain at the end of the video.

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LikeWaah said:
Yeah, I was talking to my friend about that actually. When I was a kid I used to go stupid fast downhill on my bicycle. I'm sure I easily went into the upper 30s. All that with just a helmet. Compared to then, I'm a fucking tank with all my m/c gear on. The difference is I can't go 80+ mph on a bicycle.
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Top-speed in the Tour de France is typically 70mph+ coming down the Pyrenees or Alps. Due to our modern grading rules, it's hard to find a +10% road in the U.S. of any distance. Much more common in Europe. Heck, I've hit +45mph coming down 9 on my bicycles, +50mph on Pagemill. From the top of San Marcos Pass in S.B., you can hit 55-60mph in a tuck, then get to 70mph by drafting passing cars.

However, due to the limited power and amount of training time to get fast, bicyclists tend to be more skilled by the time they hit the higher-speeds. Anyone on the smallest of sportbikes can get into trouble on their 1st day out.
 
Real cyclists are not pussies, which is why I never understand BARF hate. Heavy gear won't work on a 100 mile, 6hour, 8000 ft ride. I've hit 60 in a small pack down from the Cheese. They take their risks and understand them for the most part.
 
rritterson said:
I only slid about a foot. Imagine what your face would look like sliding on it for 100 feet...
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What face? Even the whole jawbone goes in crashes like that, and everything all the way up to and including the eyes. It ain't pretty. The term brain bucket is not really an exaggeration.


Dianoetic said:
Jeez, that's intense. You walked 3 blocks with flesh hanging and blood dripping? The people at the church didn't offer to drive you?!
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You've been to SF right? Walking was a much, much faster option.



I know somebody who always wears a motocross helmet on her bicycle, and if you ask me it's not a terrible idea. Worst injuries she's had were from a bicycle wreck.
 
I have a full-face downhill bicycle helmet I wear when bicycling. I have the scars from going over the bars for various reasons when I was younger, and I'm just too old for those trips to the ER anymore. I went the fullface route a few years ago.

I wear it for long rides all the time, 60+ miles with substantial hill climbs. It's a bit heavier than a standard helmet, but I got used to it awfully fast, and don't even notice it anymore. You get some serious speed descending in the CA hills, far more than the ugliest crashes of my more flat-terrained youth.
 
Roadstergal said:
I have a full-face downhill bicycle helmet I wear when bicycling. I have the scars from going over the bars for various reasons when I was younger, and I'm just too old for those trips to the ER anymore. I went the fullface route a few years ago.

I wear it for long rides all the time, 60+ miles with substantial hill climbs. It's a bit heavier than a standard helmet, but I got used to it awfully fast, and don't even notice it anymore. You get some serious speed descending in the CA hills, far more than the ugliest crashes of my more flat-terrained youth.
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Now all the standard helmet types STFU Ya Got Nothin :laughing
 
Dianoetic said:
Jeez, that's intense. You walked 3 blocks with flesh hanging and blood dripping? The people at the church didn't offer to drive you?! :wtf
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I asked the people at the church. Turns out they were all recent parolees at a mandatory meeting. None of them were willing to risk reincarceration to give me a ride. Couldn't blame em. I wasn't dripping blood though- the paper towels I had were keeping things in check.

Oceansides said:
+p90x
Highsides are caused by regained rear wheel traction bucking a rider off.
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:blah :blah A highside is a violent and unexpected movement of the bike causing the rider to get thrown in the air, which is exactly what happened to me.

louemc said:
Lost concentration? How is it possible to think of something else, when Your riding anywhere near Rail Tracks?

And..There are full face helmets for Skiers and BMX riders...You just didn't care to wear one.
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I dunno, the homeless people throwing feces, the cars switching lanes everywhere, the car about to overtake me coming from behind, the drunk people that meander into the street, the complexity of the 8 way intersection just ahead of me.

A BMX helmet... on a commuter bicycle... in the city. :rofl I dunno mang, I think chin stitches every once in a while is better than giving up some of my vision and getting run over instead. Kinda like how parking on the sidewalk and getting an occasional ticket is better than parking on the street and getting the bike driven over.
 
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