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The Case for Not Wearing a Bike Helmet
Helmets have been mandatory in the pro peloton for well over a decade. Where’s the data that it’s helping?
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Bicycle Network campaigns for helmet law reform
Australia's Bicycle Network has come out in favour of reforming Australia's mandatory bicycle helmet law.
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Cycling Tips: Commentary
Commentary: Why I stopped wearing a bike helmet
by Peter Flax
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Bicycling Magazine
It’s Okay If You Don’t Wear a Bike Helmet
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Carlton Reid, transport writer
I Do Not Wear A Bicycle Helmet
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More on Why We Shouldn't Have Mandatory Helmet Laws
Over on VOX, Joseph Stromberg rounds up the studies about bike helmets and concludes that if you want to get more people to ride bikes, then you shoul
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Give Kids Bikes, Not Helmets
Why helmet giveaways are an act of surrender
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Enough with the Smashed Watermelons! Helmet Mania Is Scaring Kids Away from Biking
Free Range Kids
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Helmet hair stops women cycling
The prospect of arriving at one's destination with 'helmet hair' (the flattening
read more ... 27 Sep 2011
Wrench thrown into bike-sharing plans
The City of Vancouver wants to roll out a bike-share scheme like others that have
read more ... 21 Sep 2011
Wade Wallace changes his tune on helmets
Australian cycling journalist Wade Wallace has written how a visit to Europe has
read more ... 18 Aug 2011
Cycling benefits 77 times greater than the risks
According to new research published in the British Medical Journal, the health be
read more ... 4 Aug 2011
Israeli helmet law cut back
On August 4 the Israeli Knesset passed the third and final reading of a bill that
read more ... 3 Aug 2011
BMJ poll says no to helmet laws
In July, the British Medical Journal's website polled its readers as to whether i
read more ... 2 Aug 2011
Northern Ireland helmet bill abandoned
Proposals for a cycle helmet law in Northern Ireland are not being revived.
read more ... 31 Jul 2011
6 million journeys and no serious injuries
As London's 'Boris Bikes' bicycle rental scheme approaches its first anniversary
read more ... 10 Jul 2011
Attitudes of neurosurgeons to cycle helmets
Some neurosurgeons have been keen advocates of cycle helmet wearing and have somet
read more ... 3 Jul 2011
Secret Queensland review rejects change to helmet law
THE Queensland Government ordered a detailed study into scrapping its mandatory b
read more ... 17 Jun 2011
Dublin clocks up 2 million bike hirings and cycling is safer than ever
The Dublin hire bike scheme has now clocked up 2 million rentals and it is becomi
read more ... 12 May 2011
Helmet laws lead to less cycling, say economists
Mandatory helmet laws have "unintended consequences" says a paper published in US
read more ... 30 Apr 2011
Public health hampered by false perception of cycling risk
According to the Transport & Health Study Group (T&HSG) - the principal UK health
read more ... 22 Mar 2011
Helmet wearers may compensate by cycling less safely
A study from Norway investigated risk compensation by cyclists in response to bic
read more ... 18 Mar 2011
Have helmet laws increased casualties for non-cyclists?
The primary fault with Australia's draft National Road Safety Strategy 2011-2020,
read more ... 5 Mar 2011