Thomas Griffin:
There are a few things you need to keep in mind when cycling.
1) Safety, making sure you have lights, bells, helmets
One major tragedy of cycling is that many of the women I have encountered simply hate wearing helmets. One friend, a woman who ran the NotSo Hostel in Charleston, SC had a beautiful scar on her forehead. The scar was from a bicycling accident, she was riding, hit a pothole and flew into a fire hydrant. She was rushed the the hospital and fortunately got away with her life and a concussion. She wasn't wearing a helmet at the time and was one of the lucky ones. I have had other encounters where a person had an accident only a few seconds after getting on their bicycle - so I cannot stress enough, a helmet will turn a major accident into one that barely phased you, and it can make a disaster into an incident you can walk away from.
It's these thoughts that had me team up with fellow blogger Jennifer Rose, who runs the JRoseStyle blog in hopes that she can give guidance and council to these situations and perhaps solutions to others.
Jennifer Rose:
As Tom stressed above there is no more important piece of equipment when riding than a helmet. Helmets, helmets, helmets! Get it into your head that on your head should be a helmet. Luckily there are a lot more options out there for finding a stylish helmet. Here are three that pass the cuteness test.
Yakkay: Cambridge Complete Helmet, $175, Adeline Adeline Bicycle Shop.
Nutcase: Dots, $60, Adeline Adeline Bicycle Shop
Bern: Berkley Gloss White, $69.99, Adeline Adeline Bicycle Shop.
That about covers the helmets portion of this edition of Fashion Forward Bicycling. Check back as we discuss what to wear or not to wear when riding.
We want to hear your fashion related cycling stories, leave them in the comments section of this post.
This was important information that needed to be put out there. I am not a big fan of helmets, but I value my life. The Yakkay is a cute style worthy of my attention. Had I a bike, I would wear this style of helmet.
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