My Bike Advocate

Last week a state senator in California introduced a bill that would require all adults to wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.  While so...

Sometimes a wayward comment by a Court can wreak all manner of havoc.  Recently, I came across such a remark in a federal case from the Nor...

Somewhere along the way, well-intentioned people ended up doing harm to the people they wanted to protect.  I do not know exactly when it h...

It seems to me that bicycle helmets are about as cool as they're ever going to be.  But what they are not is foldable. . .  That is unti...

Here's a video from Mikael-Colville Andersen on why we should not wear helmets to bike .  I am a firm believer that you should wear a he...

Recently, a judge in Australia overturned a citation issued to a woman ticketed for riding her bike without a helmet and acknowledged the on...

Here is a great, and funny, video from the Brain Injury Association for anyone who has ever felt a little self conscious about wearing a bic...

Love your head, but hate wearing a helmet?  Well, those brilliant Swedes may have the answer for you:  a cyclist's airbag.  Exemplifying...

Bicycle helmets do not last forever . Today's high tech helmets are meant to break in a crash. The idea is, better the foam plastic he...

It seems that the first reaction anyone has upon hearing that a bicyclist was injured in a traffic accident was, well, was s/he wearing a he...

If you are still unpersuaded to wear a helmet while bicycling read this .

The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute recently conducted a study designed to determine whether cheap bicycle helmets, of the kind you might fi...

In the summer of 1985 I was riding my new Peugeot racing bike along a twisting, hilly road on my way home from my part time job when suddenl...