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Barefoot running and cycling
An interesting analogy between barefoot running and cycling: For years it has been ingrained in to folk that go hill-walking that it is *essential* to wear “stout footwear with proper ankle support”, with the latter taken to mean a high lacing cuff and the phrase really meaning big, stiff hiking boots. In more recent times…
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Calls to repeal the helmet law in New Zealand
Cycling Health New Zealand This site is interesting as it presents a broad range of common-sense arguments, taking the perspective of public health. This is broader than the narrow perspective that helmet zealots insists on, claiming that their exaggerated estimates of helmets effectiveness is all that matters, while ignoring the increase in accidents and injuries,…
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The surprising impact of helmets on safety
Abstract Contrary to popular belief, helmets main impact on safety has not been the protection they provide, but the increased in the risk of accident associated with them. Helmets protect, but not enough to compensate for the increased risk of accident. Although the motivation for wearing a bicycle helmet is to reduce the risk of death &…
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Share your story
Did you stop cycling after the helmet law? Did that mean you did less physical exercise, and might be suffering health problems as a result? Did you believe the hype that “helmet save lives”, then started to take more risks when riding, until you had a crash? Would you have had such a crash without the…