How the Dutch created a casual biking culture

Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by magduf on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:24AM (#17868403)

Personally, though I ride a road bike, I wear a fairly standard MTB helmet. Really, I like the visor more than anything, but I do think it has better protection all-around.

I also use MTB (Shimano SPD) pedals: they're easy to clip in and out of, and I can wear normal-looking shoes that I can actually walk normally in.

The racing stuff is just ridiculous: it gets you a tiny improvement in performance at a huge penalty in usefulness. If you're not actually racing, it's pointless.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by cesnja on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @11:09AM (#17868798)

Some "racing" bike helmets are wonderful though - they block minimal airflow and are very lightweight, so you don't even notice wearing them.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by magduf on Friday August 31, 2018 @10:41AM (#17885950)

Yeah, but surely that comes at a cost, of less protection for certain types of falls. See the parent's comment about mostly-exposed skull bases for instance. Personally, I'd rather have better protection even if that means a little less airflow and a few grams more mass. (Of course, you can go to an extreme here; those full-face MTB racing helmets are really too much IMO.)

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