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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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BC questions helmet law
The focus of the cycling world is turning on Vancouver in the run-up to Velo City
read more ... 18 Apr 2012
Sydney bike hire awaits helmet law exemption
The City of Sydney is considering a bicycle hire scheme, but only if it wins an e
read more ... 5 Mar 2012
NZ law halved cycling and led to premature deaths
According to new research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, New Zeala
read more ... 10 Feb 2012
Much better CVD risk in children who cycle to school
Research published in the Journal of Physical Active Health found a consistent pa
read more ... 24 Jan 2012
Ski helmet use closely associated with risk taking
According to a paper in the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, for m
read more ... 13 Dec 2011
Ski helmet use closely associated with risk taking
According to a paper in the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, for m
read more ... 13 Dec 2011
Make helmets optional to double the number of cyclists in Australia
Published in The Conversation
read more ... 6 Dec 2011
Repealing Aussie laws could double cycle use
A new paper, published in the Health Promotion Journal of Australia, claims that
read more ... 5 Dec 2011
More support for overwhelming health benefits of cycling
There is a growing awareness that significant benefits for our health and environ
read more ... 23 Nov 2011
Decline in head injuries not due to helmet laws
Research that has looked at child bicycle-related injury rates (head and other) i
read more ... 23 Nov 2011
Soccer helmets may be counter-productive
A paper published in Current Sports Medicine Reports is the latest to show a gath
read more ... 13 Nov 2011
Latest UK law attempt fails
Annette Brooke is the latest MP to fail to get the UK Parliament to pass a bill f
read more ... 8 Nov 2011
Victoria Government report overlooks impact of helmet law
A report entitled 'Developing Cycling as a Safe and Appealing Mode of Transport'
read more ... 7 Nov 2011
NYC: Risk of serious injury much reduced as cycling increases
New York's Transporation Department has tracked the number of cyclists, injuries
read more ... 16 Oct 2011
Helmet laws backfiring, says ER doctor
A Sunshine Coast doctor in Australia has questioned laws forcing adults to wear h
read more ... 10 Oct 2011