We Ride! A History of the Bicycle Helmet
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2023
- An essential safety element when cycling, the bicycle helmet has come a long way since early leather or hairnet styles that were heavier and less effective. Technology has allowed ever lighter, more comfortable and more practical helmets to be developed, and more and more people are adopting them. And in this video, a special guest explains to you the risks of not wearing one, as well as how they help!
Thank you to my friend Alainna Brown for her contribution to this video!
Version française : • A Bicyclette: l'histoi...
The helmet that I wear in this video is the one I use when I ride my own bicycle, and comes from Decathlon.
Title sequence designed by Alexandre Mahler
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This video was done for entertainment and educational purposes. No copyright infringement of any sort was intended.
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Man... you've got to love the Internet... I just wanted to go to bed and suddenly I fell into an unknown rabbithole. Instead of going to bed I lie on my couch drink Whiskey and watch videos about hats while thinking that I actually really learn something about history and culture. Thank you for another great evening on TH-cam. 😅
Since 1986, I wear a cycling helmet every time I ride, regardless how short the journey. They were mandated for amateur racing in my area that year, and I purchased a new Vetta helmet. Not light, not stylish, not cool, but it saved my life just 2 weeks into training with it. At the end of a 40 mile ride, on a long downhill run with a strong tailwind, I was nudged off the road by a motorist in Denton, Texas. I hit a curb, and over handlebars I flew. My then state-of-the-art Cateye Solar cylcocomputer showed 38mph seconds before I was hit, and my helmet's foam liner was compressed from an inch thick to about a 1/4 inch on the left side. The shell was also fractured in several places. Diagnosed with only a mild concussion, I felt lousy for a week or so, with a bad headache for several days. I'm still cycling, and will always don my chapeau before I go anywhere on two wheels. 😁 Happy Trails, be safe, have fun!
What a novel surprise. Never expected a Bicycle Helmet video. It is a brilliant and clever turn of events on the Hat Historian channel.
I had an accident on my bike while wearing a helmet some years ago in the heart of Toronto, at Yonge and St. Clair. I hit some sand - left over from winter sanding operations - at some speed and wound up partially going over the handlebars and striking my head on the tarmac road surface.
The helmet I was wearing cracked, but it saved my head.
I fell with sufficient force that the handlebars ruptured my gallbladder, which I painfully found out about latter and had to have removed.
I'm 63 years old now and still ride a bike. I always wear my helmet.
Ah, le casque à boudin. So elegant! In the 70s, my father, a former cycling champion, told me to wear it garnished with cabbage leaves during races under the sun. Very becoming... with a very persistent slight smell of cabbage. My helmet is now in a display case in my personal museum. Bravo once again for this presentation. We are looking forward the story of Sherlock Holmes' deerstalker, elementary. Merci d'avance.
I've destroyed two bicycle helmets; The first in a head on crash with another bicyclist coming around a blind corner, it split in the center of the forehead portion. The second when I went down on ice while turning into my driveway during a St.Paul, Minnesota winter ride. Again the foam split and was visibly deformed above my ear. I am also an avid motorcyclist and I wouldn't dream of riding without a helmet. Helmets have saved me from mental impairment, if not death, on a few occasions. I wear one for the same reason that some people refuse to wear one, vanity!
Smart...& thanks for sharing
Mountain Safety Research (MSR) produced the first modern bicycle helmet a year before Bell, adapting their climbing helmet technology to the job. I had one. MSR offered a lifetime replacement for helmets involved in accidents. The design was much different from current bike helmets, with a rigid outer shell, relatively small holes for ventilation, etc., but they did get there first. Bell claimed that their helmet was superior, but MSR challenged the validity of their testing.
I love that intro.especially the broken glasses!!!
I did not see this coming! But still fun to watch!
I had an old bell biker back in the day. When I was racing from the late 80’s - early 90’s everyone was wearing helmets, usually the Giro design with covered by stretchy fabric that was popular at the time, as it was very lightweight.
Je suis fan, hâte d’avoir la VF 👍
The most expensive bicycle ( or motorcycle) helmet is still far cheaper than the cheapest ambulance ride and hospital visit .
BTW, all helmets ( that are designed for protection ) are only effective for a couple of years regardless of how they look as the plastics they are made from break down no matter how well you take care of them.
A new helmet should be bought every 2 years or so and make certain you check the date of manufacture ( it should be inside your helmet if its a Snell/DOT approved helmet) to make certain the new helmet you are buying hasn't been sitting in inventory for more than a few months . Unapproved helmets are as useful in an accident as a baseball cap as far as your survivability in an accident is concerned . Finally,, make sure your helmet fits properly, and that you have put it on correctly . Good video, btw.
I have only 80 % understand. I wait on the french version. I apologize, my english isn't so good like you perfect french.
Have a nice day.
What an intro! 🙌
😂🤣 BRILLIANT intro, lol
... and oh yeah, I've technically had my life saved by a bicycle helmet TWICE; once while ~8-10 or so and slamming into a metal fire hydrant that would have torn my skull open, and then 2015 when a truck going 42mph (67kph?) slammed into me on the road and gave me a traumatic brain injury
Oh yeah, and somebody else hit me in a parking lot later, but that didn't save my life; that one was low-speed
Very important piece of equipment!!!
Here in the Netherlands, you can instantly recognize tourists by the bicycle helmet. Absolutely no one except sporting people wears one, since motor traffic is only allowed close to bikers at 30-50 km/h at the most. Beyond that, bicycle lanes are separate from motor lanes.
The helmet is therefore mostly seen as typical of people who either don't know how to ride, or come from countries without proper bicycle infrastructure.
IIRC, you all tend to ride heavier, more practical bikes there too. In the US, for whatever reason, people tend to ride lightweight mountain bikes that provide less stability at low, city-riding speeds. The change in the center of gravity and overall weight distribution makes a big difference. I'd love a chunky 3-wheeler with a grocery basket on the back, but they don't really sell them here.
@@PongoXBongo I was thinking the same thing. I did take the plunge and bought a Dutch bike. I feel much more in control, that's for sure.
@@gubbins1933If you don't mind my asking, which brand of Dutch bike and where did you find one to buy?
@@PongoXBongo Azor Omafiets from Urkai in Ontario. 🚲
I commute by bike in the UK in a major city and compared to the infrastructure I'm familiar with in Belgium our attitude to bikes is absolutely pitiful. Cycle lanes are nothing more than a vague concept, a bit of white line occasionally on the road for a few dozen metres and even the ones separated from the car traffic by a curb are full of pedestrians or parked vehicles or roadworks. I definitely wouldn't ride here without a helmet but I think it says a lot about the wider cultural attitude
Thank you. The vinegar valentine at 2:00 was a amusing illustration of a header. Cheers.
Jamais je n’aurais pensé regarder une vidéo sur l’historique du casque de vélo😂
Comme quoi, tout est intéressant quand c’est bien raconté 😊
Who would have thought hat history was so interesting and delivered with such panache.
Well put
Allez! Allez! 👏
Love your Brandon imitation
Alors, on se lance tête baissé dans l'humour visuel ? 😁 (je l'aurais bien vu en style "film muet" en noir et blanc)
Encore une fois très intéressant ! 🎩
(And thanks Alainna for your scientific point of view)
Faut bien un peu d'humour de temps en temps!
@@hathistorianjc Oh que oui !
If you need to replace your helmet after an accident, the manufacturer might be very happy to have you send the old one to them along with a description of the accident and any injuries you had. I'd imagine they'd be particularly interested if the helmet performs particularly poorly (like falling apart in a relatively minor accident) or well (like preventing major concussion from a high speed accident) because that's useful for their research and improving the design, but they probably want some examples of helmets performing as expected too. Some manufacturers might even offer a discount on the next helmet if you send them the old one.
Different manufacturers have different programs, so it's probably best to just ask the shop where you bought the helmet about it. (You're most likely going to talk to them anyway about a new helmet)
Very good video. An excellent innovation. Encourage you to do a motorcycle helmet video. THAT would be totally cool. Enjoy your channel.
Sound advice👍. I always wear a helmet. No debate.
Supposedly the additional risk from wearing a helmet is less from the rider and more from the drivers of cars who will drive closer to riders wearing helmets.
hmm, that myth derives from a very sloppy and poorly done study in Australia, it’s nonsense in my opinion
Will you do a video on the peaked cap?
À quand la version française ? Merci par avance.
As a resident of the first place in the world to make them compulsory I always wear mine (also the fine for not wearing one here is equivalent to over £100 / USD$120). 😢Thanks for the video :).
A two- fer! That was very informative Two great presentations….. if only we’d follow the instructions
I love your work. But lets not mince our words, the biggest risk to people on bikes is cars. Helmets can reduce the trauma from hitting the windshield or pavement. Car speed is the biggest factor here. Helmets can save lives.
"Taking a header . . ." Thanks. I did not know what that meant in 1982.
As someone who bikes regularly, thank you for the informative and interesting video on the biking helmet. Have you considered doing a video on the American football helmet?
I wish TH-cam had shown my your channel earlier. Great to see some hat history and was surprised to see it extended to the cycle helmet. I'd love to see a video on the 8-point hat and how it filtered down from the military to gas station attendants and milk deliverypeople...
Bravo pour toutes vos vidéos. Mais, n'étant pas familiarisé avec la langue de Shakespeare, j'attends la version "in french".
The old hairnet helmet is also often referred to as a sausage helmet, for obvious reasons. Improved suspension techniques have been introduced to reduce risk of concussion from oblique impacts. And very recent developments in time trial-specific models take aerodynamic considerations to ridiculous levels. Worth Googling if you haven't seen them already.
Great explanation of the benefit of a shock-absorbing shell in a crash but.... the Kardashian vocal fry! 😮
Mz Brown or Dr Brown, not sure if you are a an MD yet, but i had a question as a Military Medic. It makes perfect sense to leave the helmet on after a significant impact due to the possible severity of fractures that maybe stay anatomically in place due to it. Would there still be times that removing it still make sense? I can think of a couple but that makes more sense in hospital than prehospital. And in military it is dependant on many factures but typically we remove quickly during assessments and replace because the situation dictates they still need protection, but i can also see if CSF and the triad is present to assume more severe TBI, espcialiy with lower Glasgow Coma Scale Numbers, and leave it on unless we needed to treat a penetrating injury. Thoughts?
Next up:
Pros and cons of half, 3/4, and full-face helmets among motorcycle riding, and the various motorcycle helmet styles and designs that exist
Great video!
What about BMX riders? They have a different style of helmet.
That is interresting to me, that the expert says it is better to let the helmet on until arrival in the emergency. Here in Germany every participant of first aid courses learns how to take off helmets carefully and are told that it is important and time saving if the helmet is off by the arrival of the paramedics, because they would take it off anyway as their first job to fully inspect the person. Maybe this is different for bike helmets, as they are not enclosing the head as a full face motorcycle helmet would do.
I've only recently learned to ride a bicycle. Wearing a helmet is important. Although I've never been in an accident. It's better to be safe than sorry. Or worse, dead.
Y aurait-il assez de trucs a dire sur le bonnet phrygien de la Nouvelle-France? Ce serait vraiment interessant! :)
J'espère en faire une sur le bonnet phrygien un de ces jours, oui!
a quand un épisode sur le 4 bosse?
When it comes to helmet wearing on bicycles I tend to only wear them for off roading which in my case is the time when most incidents have happened.
However for everything else I tend not to bother with one as in those cases I'm spending more time off rather on the bike, simply using it for transport (and abit of leisure).
Ride with the assumption you are invisible (which you probably are in a lot of cases) while actually following the road rules and you'll be fine in my experience.
Although to be fair I don't tend to ride if it's quite icy or race at all, in which case I would likely wear a helmet.
il n'a pas en france merci
Early leather bike helmets sound a lot like Soviet tanker helmets.
They do look similar.
Cycle helmets are a very effective measure at preventing head injury, in countries that mandate them 30% of riders permanently quit cycling altogether, to an offsetting reduction in overall health for the population that costs more lives than the helmets save.
Actually makes sense for them to remain optional.
Encourage them by all means, but before mandating them consider that a significant minority of riders find them unbearable to wear & will leave the bicycle at home in preference.
Tour de France!!!!🚵♀️🚵♀️🚵♀️
Dommage ! pas de version française donc ?
j'ai fait un post dans l'onglet "communauté" expliquant pourquoi elle a du retard
Funny intro
But where is the version francaise ?
La VF n'est pas sortie?
J'ai fait un post dans l'onglet "communauté" qui explique le retard
This video is interesting 👍
🤡je parle fronçais 😂
WHEN FOR THE FRENCH VERSION?
quand for the version Francais? English is 40% French after all.
@@neilwilson5785 60 % words in english are coming from the french, it's worst then you says. 😄
It should be noted that the leather “hairnet” was preferred by racing cyclists up through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, with the last users retiring in the early 2000’s. Racing cyclists (especially pros) are very tradition-bound as well as being very hesitant to use anything that may negatively affect their performance (I.e. a hot, heavy hard shell helmet)…this,combined with a bit of machismo is what led to the slow adoption of a “real” helmet when compared to so many other sports.
hmm, when I was racing in the us in the late 80’s / early 90’s everyone was wearing helmets, usually the Giro style with Lycra over foam at first. Pretty sure that it was required but don’t recall exactly. Every now and then you’d see a guy with a leather helmet, usually in the senior class and pretty rarely. Can’t remember seeing one in the current century.
@@PRH123 Hardshells we’re required for amateurs in the U.S.A by the mid ‘80’s, but NOT required for pros until the early 2000’s, which was what my original comment was referring to.🚴🏻
I think I had a trapper keeper in the 80s with that cyclist on it
I wish I hadnn't stopped biking, as soon as t hedriver's license came, I gave up the bike
Possibly your best video, but with a paradoxically low view count. Maybe war stuff is more popular. keep doing it anyway!
I don't wear them. In all the times (lots) I've fallen off a bicycle, I've never once landed on my head. You generally don't go fast enough to do so at regular cycling speeds, and the helmet causes overheating and sensory issues that cause accidents. The one time I DID hit my head, it was at an angle the helmet wouldn't have connected with the wall anyway. And even if it had, the wall would have just shredded it into powder on the way to my face.
A motorbike helmet is a different matter. Not only are you moving way faster, but they're much more effective, and you ALSO need to stop bugs, bits of road, water, and objects thrown from cars from hitting you in the face at high speed.
Never worn a helmt even whe I did BMX, never even came close to hitting my head cause I know how to land.
There are so many videos out there that show bystanders trying to get the person on to their feet, then removing the helmet. Not good!
From what I understand, at least in the Netherlands The idea of helmets providing a false sense security does not just apply to the cyclists. But more important to the car drivers. Most deadly accidents for cyclists include being hit by a car and protecting the head is a bit dubious when you get hit by a car. So the real false sense of security is drivers thinking that cyclists are protected and being less careful around them.
Protected my head when I was hit by a car, I wouldn’t be here now without that helmet
The myth about drivers paying attention to helmets is due to a very poor and sloppy paper released in Australia, nobody believes it
I guess that’s one upside to going bald, i don’t have to worry admit helmet hair when i take my bike helmet off.
"We ride at dawn......."
Am an avid cyclist, and I can testify that helmets have saved my head many times. From falls against the road surface, sidewalk curbs, and a fire hydrant (once). I suggest cyclists treat helmets as one-use items; that is, if it saved your head once, it did its job. It is damaged. Trash it and buy another.
I wear a bicycle helmet and recommend everybody should. But it should not be compulsory. A person driving a car is more likely to cause the death of a bicyclist than a bicyclist without helmet.
16:10 One of the least practical "hats" to tip so far 😂
Dommage que cette vidéo soit en anglais.
La VF arrive
Merci et merci beaucoup pour vos vidéos@@hathistorianjc
hello sorry but why not in french? please =)
I posted in the "community" section explaining why it's late
@@hathistorianjcsorry and thanks you ! See you to plaisir youre movies!😊
@@hathistorianjcenjoying your videos. Could you do the porkpie hat?
When is a French Man going to win the Tour de France!!!!
The plastic shell of the original Bell helmets was made of lexan
I have at least 2 vintage helmets in my basement. If you wan them contact me
Tu veux bien faire le tarbouche el watani de mohammed 5
You forgot to mention the problem of women getting Bicycle face. It was believed to be a real problem.
Was kind of a thing going on at the end of the 19th century, I think it was more humor in the press than people actually believing it. There were also articles about tennis face, and hiking face, etc….
I think it was the same kind of thing that you often see today, when overweight lazy people complain about “Lycra clad cyclists”…. they project their guilt about their lifestyle onto resentment towards active people…
I wonder if the host ever...ummmm...you know...with miss Brown.😍😋😳