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The mission of this site is to promote bicycle
safety. Probably the basic principle of bicycle safety is to always
wear a helmet. A local professional bike racer said most of the
accidents happen before or after the serious riding .e.g. riding
around the parking lot or nearby areas to check out braking,
shifting, funny noises coming from your bike, etc. It is important
to wear your helmet during those seemingly innocent moments on your
bike. Most seasoned bicycle riders do wear helmets but those
returning to the sport after many years of not riding tend to think
they are unimportant. That is misguided reasoning. Both of my
accidents in which I was knocked unconscious cracked my helmet. That
crack more than likely would have been in my skull without the
helmets. I took care of a brain damaged wife for 21 years before she
passed away. Granted she was impaired from an auto accident but the
results from a bicycle ride accident could be identical. Please take
it from a person who walked in the shoes of a “provider” to a brain
damaged person. It changes everything forever. You do not want to
“go there” either as the victim or the provider. The prevention is a
bicycle helmet and thoughtful consideration of bicycle safety.
Preceding each ride it is a good idea to go over in your head “what
am I going to do during this ride to prevent an accident” In fact
place a small amount of vinyl tape in a conspicuous place on your
bike, perhaps on your top tube, so that each time your eye catches
sight of that tape and you ask yourself “why is that tape
there” it will remind you to think about bike safety e.g. staying
focused on riding the bike, anticipating motorist mistakes,
remembering braking is greatly enhanced by using both brakes but
must be done carefully (check out
our animated example), etc. If the above vinyl tape reminder
does not "work for you" perhaps the below sticker will: Simply print
this page, cut around the yellow square and cover with clear
shipping tape then place on your top tube - see below steps. To
reduce ink waste click here
for a page with just the sticker image. We have
a page on this site devoted to bicycle safety tips. Please look for
"Safety Tips" in the left column and click it or click the safety
sticker below and take a moment to read the tips. We
hope to include on that page the not so common safety tips that are
tried and proven.
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