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Permalink Reply by Michelle S on September 30, 2012 at 3:19pm

Good article. I violated the rule of not reading the comments section, but so far they're pretty mixed on the issue, and this is my favorite one:

I bike everywhere in ny and never owned a helmet. Perfect strangers feel compelled to yell at me "where's your helmet." -- often w cigarette in hand. An obese, sedentary colleague once told me i was " crazy" to ride without one. I tapped him on his ample belly, and said,"you are right, the only thing crazier than riding a bike with no helmet, is not riding a bike at all." He kept quiet after that.

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Permalink Reply by Zidaane on September 30, 2012 at 3:37pm

You can review research papers that back up the claims in the article here.

http://cyclehelmets.org/

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Permalink Reply by MagMileMarauder on September 30, 2012 at 3:39pm

Any under/over for pages in this thread? I say 5 plus or minus 2 by the end of tomorrow.:)

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Permalink Reply by Bill Savage on September 30, 2012 at 4:15pm

In related news, cities encourage driving by making seat belts optional.

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Permalink Reply by Omar Lopez on September 30, 2012 at 11:14pm

The lack of respect from motorist to cyclist along with the poor infrastructure on the streets, is a huge factor on this.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on October 1, 2012 at 12:25am

Is it April already?

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on October 1, 2012 at 2:01am

The City of Chicago and it's cycle kiosk rental partners also suggest you should ride without a helmet.  I haven't seen one kiosk yet that has helmets available, nor suggestions where one would acquire a helmet if they wanted one. 

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 1, 2012 at 3:01pm

I couldn't believe it when I saw old Tour De France pics and realized they implemented helmet rules only recently. That prob didn't go over very well with the racers.....

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