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Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

I am Dutch and I just came back from England and it was a bit of a culture shock in the cycling department. In Holland almost everyone cycles no one wears a helmet or lycra costumes which everyone I saw in England seemed to do. So I was wondering great and mighty people of fandomsecrets: Do you cycle? Is cycling an excepted thing where you are from? Do you have to wear a helmet?

Re: Cycling

[feotakahari]

Bicycles are unusual, but not unheard of, in my region of California. Helmets are legally mandated.

A bit of an aside, but children's cartoon producers in America tend to treat biking without a helmet as a bad example that should never be shown. (American Dragon had a hard time getting away with not putting a helmet on a flying dragon!)

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

That does explain something is was starting to wonder why Phineas and Ferbs mother suddenly revealed to be wearing a helmet in the shower.

Re: Cycling

[ill_omened]

Wear a helmet, highvis, and clothing which isn't going to let you tear up your arms.

Anything else is pretty damn stupid. You're just taking uneccesary risk for no reason, and actual not imaginary risk.

And yes I cycle on a regualr basis.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

Suppose it might be where you are. Do you not have separate bicycle parts or something? Below is a clip of what my route looks like it pretty safe without a helmet there,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rETLfzQrIw

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

I cycle occasionally for fun, but my area is more car oriented. I don't wear a helmet and, yes, I'm aware of risks. Please don't give me a spiel about it.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

It is because in England only the hardcore cycle fanatics actually cycle and they like to dress up to show just how hard they do the cycle thing. That and it gives them a feeling of superiority to car drivers, whose vehicles they regularly try to damage by "accident". It is basically the cycling equivalent of riceburning.

http://satwcomic.com/how-to-use-a-bike

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

I don't cycle myself (only the spinning class at the gym). In my city they're working on making the roads bike friendly. Which is a long work in progress. Many arguments of cyclists need to be kind to motorists and vice versa. Then there trails and the arguments there of pedestrians are not user friendly to cyclists and vice versa.

There aren't rules for cyclists to wear helmets. Heck there aren't helmet laws for motorcyclists either.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

In Holland drivers are actually considered responsible in all accidents against weaker road users regardless of how irresponsible they are.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

I cycle but I do so in France. It's been getting a bit more common over the last years but still not that much.
I only wear a helmet when it rains because it keeps my head and glasses dry and can save me if I were to slip on the wet road and fall from my bike. However, sagety gear has the unfortunate paradoxical effect of endangering the cyclists but making the automobilists think it's okay to drive recklessly around. If I get hit right on by a car, the helmet won't make any difference; so on sunny days, as a helmet is bothersome to drag around all day with no place to tuck it away, I don't.
I wera a yellow safety jacket when it's dark. I never wear lycra. And I try not to think too much about getting hit...

Re: Cycling

[kallanda_lee]

I had a friend who lived in America (she's Belgian), and she also says everyone was shocked she wasn't wearing a helmet.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

It's quite common here in Finland and our city has plenty of great cycling paths. I cycle most of the time during summer and the shorter trips during winter (-20 C is my limit).

It's required by law to wear a helmet, but you won't be fined even if you don't, and I don't. I'd say about half of the cyclists wear a helmet, but all of the kids wear one. Very few people have a costume; most people use their everyday clothes and only the serious cyclists wear lycra.

Re: Cycling

[ariakas]

Everyone in Japan rides a bike, pretty much, and almost no one wears a helmet or a special outfit (unless they're training for cycling as a sport).

But people bike on the sidewalk.

Re: Cycling

[a_potato]

On the sidewalk! *aghast*

Re: Cycling

[a_potato]

I don't cycle myself, but there are lots of cyclists in my part of the US (the Northeast). In town centers and some cities, there tend to be designated bicycle lanes on the roads, and New York City has a bicycle-sharing program.

I'm not up-to-date on helmet laws in my area, but last I knew, it was illegal for children of a certain age to not wear a helmet. The vast majority of people wear helmets regardless of age/legality, though.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

In Moscow cyclists are uncommon and drive carefuly often on sidewalks. Motobikes on the other hand are very accident prone.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

Where I am in California: people riding bikes is very common, both as a form of exercise and a means of transport. You see people wearing helmets and lyrca, and you see people not doing so - both are relatively normal. It's more a question of how intense you are about it - the people who are really into it as a form of exercise are much more likely to wear more gear.

Also, it's different for kids and adults - adults can wear a helmet or not, both ways are fairly normal, but there's a strong expectation that kids have to wear helmets and I think it might even be the law.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

I live in an US city that isn't very cycle-friendly (not too walker-friendly either), so it's not as common as it is in other cities on the west coast. That said, when you see cyclists, they're almost invariably in lycra and helmets because they're cycling recreationally rather than biking up to the store for groceries or something. I'd like to get into it myself but the last time I biked, the seat was so uncomfortable I ended up with bruises in tender places and I have no idea how to figure out what bike I should ride and how to minimize the seat discomfort, so I haven't. I'm about 5 miles from the grocery store so it would be great to be able to bike there without wasting the gas but oh well.

Re: Cycling

[silvereriena]

Bikes are really popular in BC and everyone wears helmets. I currently don't because I don't have any place to keep one but a lot of my friends have them. I taught 2 of them how to bike this summer.

Re: Cycling

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Daily to work in clear weather. I need to get a helmet. There are bike lanes on about 80% of of my commute.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

I live in Minnesota. I'm not a big cyclist but I think our state is known for having a lot of good cycling routes and a lot of people do bike (many year-round, even despite the weather). I do bike one trail that is a paved-over train route. It's 49 miles long and pretty flat and rather private and quiet. I've been biking it since I was a kid and I've noticed in recent years that almost everyone biking the trail has helmets now. I almost feel weird not having a helmet, though I'm not sure there's a law about it (possibly a law for kids, not sure).

I do see more cyclists in the city with helmets but they generally look like really serious bikers (the kind you find in all the races around the state). I think the bikers in the Cities are more likely to wear helmets than in the suburbs but that's anecdotal. Also anecdotal but I think biking is more recreational in the state. There are people who bike to work and there are share-bike programs but I think the bike culture here is more about races and recreational scenic routes, etc. I could be wrong about that though. I don't live in the Cities themselves.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

I live in Canada, and cycle to work during spring-summer-fall (which is about 5 months of the year). And yes, we must wear helmets, and have lights on our bikes if riding after dark. I wear spandex and reflective gear.

But I'm not hardcore enough for winter biking. It gets to -40, you'd need heavy duty cold weather gear, studded tires, and the snow and road salt is hard on the bike. Also, our city bad enough at snow clearing that it's sometimes hard to get around by car, so it just seems like WAY too much work to bike in the snow and ice.

Re: Cycling

[shortysc22]

I'm in the US and in my state anyone under the age of 16 is required by law to wear a helmet so if you are cycling with children, it's a matter of good example. I had a friend who was in a pretty accident (she hit a rock) so if I ever bike again I'd wear a helmet. Biking varies city by city here, and mostly on the weekends you see people being hardcore in their outfits.

Re: Cycling

[(Anonymous)]

I live in the U.S. Midwest. The people who generally wear special cycling shorts and jerseys are the people who are into road cycling seriously as a hobby. Like, my dad is super into it and owns a fancy $4K carbon fiber racing bike and participates and organized group rides and races and so on. Your average bicycle rider will not do any of that and will own a much less expensive bike and wear regular clothes. Hobbyist cyclists always wear helmets. People using their bikes casually to ride around town may or may not. It's legal in my state to ride without a helmet so most casual riders (I live in a college town so there are a ton) don't wear helmets, even though they probably should for safety.

All kinds of people bike here (southern Arizona).

[(Anonymous)]

Helmets are required. Some people wear the lycra, some don't - generally if someone wears the full lycra outfit (some just wear the shorts), they are pretty serious about their times. There are a few separate bike paths (not part of the road), but mostly it's bike lanes and they are only separated from cars by a line of paint and air (sometimes there isn't even a bike lane, but people on bikes are supposed to go on the road and obey all the road safety laws). If people are on bikes after it gets dark, they are supposed to wear something high-visibility (flashing light, reflective tape, reflective clothing, etc.)