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> So buy a fucking helmet and bring it with you. Wow, that's harsh. She built something novel and potentially very useful. If you live in a city, it's impracti

by zeroxfe 10y ago

> So buy a fucking helmet and bring it with you. Wow, that's harsh. She built something novel and potentially very useful. If you live in a city, it's impractical to carry your helmet everywhere you go all the time, and you'll surprise yourself at the number of times you need to quickly rent a bike (but have no helmet handy.) If it passes the safety certifications and rolls out, it will very likely increase the proportion of cyclists wearing helmets.

jbob2000 10y ago
Who are these people that think a helmet is impractical to carry? You also have to leave your bike somewhere everywhere you go, isn't that inconvenient too? I rode a bike for 2 years in downtown Toronto, wearing a helmet the entire time, and never once did I think that the helmet was inconvenient. You carry it up to your office and leave it on your desk. Or you turn it upside down and it's an adhoc shopping basket. Or you clip it to your backpack. Or you loop it through your bike lock. There are a million ways to answer the "inconvenience" problem that don't involve wearing a pseudo-helmet.
- zeroxfe 10y ago
  > Who are these people that think a helmet is impractical to carry? People that use shared city-bikes irregularly (like me.) I don't always go out expecting to use a bike, but life isn't always predictable (subways busted, cabs not available, unanticipated change of plans, etc.) > I rode a bike for 2 years in downtown Toronto, wearing a helmet the entire time, and never once did I think that the helmet was inconvenient. You carry it up to your office and leave it on your desk. Or you turn it upside down and it's an adhoc shopping basket. Or you clip it to your backpack. Or you loop it through your bike lock. Good for you for not finding it inconvenient. That doesn't mean that other's also don't.
- SippinLean 10y ago
  In a suitcase? The woman says she wanted a helmet while traveling.
Grishnakh 10y ago
It's not impractical at all. You clip it to your backpack. That's what I did in college, and if I wanted to ride a city bike in a big city, that's what I'd do there too. Every time I go into a walkable big city like NYC, I'm carrying my backpack with me since it's the most practical way to carry a bunch of stuff including my laptop. Clipping my bike helmet to it would be trivial.

by zeroxfe 10y ago

jbob2000 10y ago

Who are these people that think a helmet is impractical to carry? You also have to leave your bike somewhere everywhere you go, isn't that inconvenient too? I rode a bike for 2 years in downtown Toronto, wearing a helmet the entire time, and never once did I think that the helmet was inconvenient. You carry it up to your office and leave it on your desk. Or you turn it upside down and it's an adhoc shopping basket. Or you clip it to your backpack. Or you loop it through your bike lock. There are a million ways to answer the "inconvenience" problem that don't involve wearing a pseudo-helmet.

zeroxfe 10y ago
> Who are these people that think a helmet is impractical to carry? People that use shared city-bikes irregularly (like me.) I don't always go out expecting to use a bike, but life isn't always predictable (subways busted, cabs not available, unanticipated change of plans, etc.) > I rode a bike for 2 years in downtown Toronto, wearing a helmet the entire time, and never once did I think that the helmet was inconvenient. You carry it up to your office and leave it on your desk. Or you turn it upside down and it's an adhoc shopping basket. Or you clip it to your backpack. Or you loop it through your bike lock. Good for you for not finding it inconvenient. That doesn't mean that other's also don't.
SippinLean 10y ago
In a suitcase? The woman says she wanted a helmet while traveling.

Grishnakh 10y ago

It's not impractical at all. You clip it to your backpack. That's what I did in college, and if I wanted to ride a city bike in a big city, that's what I'd do there too. Every time I go into a walkable big city like NYC, I'm carrying my backpack with me since it's the most practical way to carry a bunch of stuff including my laptop. Clipping my bike helmet to it would be trivial.