_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoE-bike riders aren’t wearing helmets — and head trauma cases are through the roofwww.tomsguide.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkE-bike riders aren’t wearing helmets — and head trauma cases are through the roofwww.tomsguide.com_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoI bought a new helmet for my downhill biking. It’s almost lighter than some road bike helmets and has great air flow. Wear a helmet, people. Your noggin is precious and cars and trucks are aiming for us.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI hope your downhill helmet has a face/jaw. Source: my previously broken face/jaw. I wear a full helmet for any bike riding now
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoIts a smith mainline. Full face but it only weighs like 600 grams.
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agohelmets aren’t made to protect you from “cars and trucks” but from falls false sense of security
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoCars and trucks can still smack your melon, or otherwise cause your melon to get smacked.
minus-squaredlpkl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months ago“cars and trucks are aiming for us” As he screams past a dozen cars into a busy 4-way stop without any regard for traffic laws or personal safety
I bought a new helmet for my downhill biking. It’s almost lighter than some road bike helmets and has great air flow. Wear a helmet, people. Your noggin is precious and cars and trucks are aiming for us.
I hope your downhill helmet has a face/jaw.
Source: my previously broken face/jaw.
I wear a full helmet for any bike riding now
Its a smith mainline. Full face but it only weighs like 600 grams.
helmets aren’t made to protect you from “cars and trucks” but from falls
false sense of security
Cars and trucks can still smack your melon, or otherwise cause your melon to get smacked.
“cars and trucks are aiming for us”
As he screams past a dozen cars into a busy 4-way stop without any regard for traffic laws or personal safety