While we always advocate safe cycling, slapping a helmet on your head isn’t where it should end.

“Prevention of serious bicycle injuries cannot be accomplished through helmet use alone, and may require separation of cyclists from motor vehicles, and delaying cycling until children are developmentally ready.”

“Thompson, Rivara and Thompson did another study in 1997 that shows no connection between helmet use and serious injury. In a review of questionnaires filled out by 3,390 cyclists injured over a three year period, they determined that “Risk for serious injury was not affected by helmet use (OR=0.9)…[and]…neck injury was not affected by helmet use.”

Article: Study that spurred bike helmet fetish repudiated by it’s own authors