http://community.active.com/community/sports/triathlon/gear?view=discussions Most recent forum messages en Sun, 23 May 2010 14:10:44 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.5.2 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-05-23T14:10:44Z en http://community.active.com/message/758210?tstart=0#758210 <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:8ad4012a-a2b3-4b31-8a3e-3d6178e02e69] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Hey fellow athletes,</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>As a safety girl, I love my bike helmet. A few times I've ridden briefly without one (by mistake) &amp; I feel so vulnerable!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>I thought this NYT article on helmet need/usage was interesting. Wow, I didn't know our brains shrink as we age!</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/health/22patient.html?src=twt&amp;twt=nytimeshealth">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/health/22patient.html?src=twt&amp;twt=nytimeshealth</a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>And so far, our kids love their helmets too. But, I see so many kids riding home from school with their helmets in their backpacks, over the handlebars or on their heads but not strapped on. This week I saw a lanky teen riding no helmet, no handed while texting!!! Crazy kids!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Parents, if your kids ride, how to you make wearing a helmet the only option, especially as they get older?</p><p>Thoughts, experiences? I'd love to read them.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>:-) Sara</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:8ad4012a-a2b3-4b31-8a3e-3d6178e02e69] --> Sun, 23 May 2010 14:10:44 GMT guest http://community.active.com/message/758210?tstart=0#758210 2010-05-23T14:10:44Z 2 years, 12 months ago 0