I had a solo bicycle crash the other day involving a man in his 70s who went down pretty hard. He couldn't tell me what happened (which leads me to believe he may have a concussion), and he got a nasty laceration over his eye, but he'll be back on the bike before long.
The reason: the foam liner in his helmet was cracked all the way through, from just over his eye to a spot above the ear. The only thing holding the helmet together was the outer hard shell.
As the weather warms up, we're going to start seeing more and more fit guys on expensive road bikes, riding in those little cloth caps and no helmets, presumably because they want to look more like one of the riders on the Pro Tour. I wonder how many of them will find their lives changed forever by that fashion statement.
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