[82lsju]

[quote author=oldalum link=topic=16733.msg190827#msg190827 date=1490757583]
very unfortunate, hope she recovers without difficulty.

I was unhappy a couple of months ago to see the picture of the W Golf coach on her bike in the quad that WGolf posted, because she wasn't wearing a helmet. As a parent, let alone as coach, she is too important not to wear a helmet.

It depends on what you're doing. If you're road racing or otherwise going very fast, then it's necessary. If you're biking around town in a place where cars are unfamiliar with bikes, then it's advisable. If you're putzing around Stanford then it's really unnecessary.
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all the incoming freshman got helmets this past fall

Stanford freshmen will receive free bicycle helmets when they arrive on campus in the fall of 2016, thanks to a gift from two Stanford parents committed to increasing the safety of bike riding on campus.

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There are about 13,000 bikes on the Stanford campus each day. Stanford is considered a bicycle friendly campus with 12 miles of bike lanes and more than 19,000 bike parking spaces. The university has been designated a Platinum Level Bicycle Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists.

Still, despite the university’s myriad of programs, crashes happen – 626 over the past 10 years – some with unfortunate consequences. So, to help the university better instill safe riding habits among undergraduate students, the Siegelmans partnered with Ariadne Scott, the Stanford bicycle program coordinator, to make wearing bicycle helmets the norm. The helmets new students will receive at New Student Orientation in September are white with a red Stanford “S” with tree emblazoned on the side.

http://news.stanford.edu/2016/06/02/stan...e-helmets/

[82lsju]

[quote author=oldalum link=topic=16733.msg190827#msg190827 date=1490757583]
very unfortunate, hope she recovers without difficulty.

I was unhappy a couple of months ago to see the picture of the W Golf coach on her bike in the quad that WGolf posted, because she wasn't wearing a helmet. As a parent, let alone as coach, she is too important not to wear a helmet.

It depends on what you're doing. If you're road racing or otherwise going very fast, then it's necessary. If you're biking around town in a place where cars are unfamiliar with bikes, then it's advisable. If you're putzing around Stanford then it's really unnecessary.
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all the incoming freshman got helmets this past fall

Stanford freshmen will receive free bicycle helmets when they arrive on campus in the fall of 2016, thanks to a gift from two Stanford parents committed to increasing the safety of bike riding on campus.

.....

There are about 13,000 bikes on the Stanford campus each day. Stanford is considered a bicycle friendly campus with 12 miles of bike lanes and more than 19,000 bike parking spaces. The university has been designated a Platinum Level Bicycle Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists.

Still, despite the university’s myriad of programs, crashes happen – 626 over the past 10 years – some with unfortunate consequences. So, to help the university better instill safe riding habits among undergraduate students, the Siegelmans partnered with Ariadne Scott, the Stanford bicycle program coordinator, to make wearing bicycle helmets the norm. The helmets new students will receive at New Student Orientation in September are white with a red Stanford “S” with tree emblazoned on the side.

http://news.stanford.edu/2016/06/02/stan...e-helmets/