Excellent piece on what bike helmets can and can't do. I'm lucky that Seabird cofounder Courtney convinced me to finally start wearing one in time to save my cranium in the kind of single-bike crash they're most helpful for. (Highly recommend those stylish Thousands helmets!) But as this article makes clear, it takes infrastructure to make cyclists actually safe from cars.
In the ’80s, We Decided Bike Helmets Make Riders Safe. Cyclists Have Paid for It Ever Since.
Some cyclists refuse to wear helmets on principle. They have their reasons.
slate.com