Ban Bike Helmets To Make Cycling Safer: Science Or Stupid? | GCN Show Ep. 476

A few weeks ago, Conor told us about a CEO of a cargo bike courier company who has banned his employees from wearing helmets. It’s a controversial take but he claims cycling helmets increase risk when on the bike, so we caught up with him to find out his reasoning. We discuss this and more on this week’s GCN Show!

00:00 Intro
01:47 Bike Helmet Ban
03:22 Interview with Ben from Pedal Me
11:21 Helmet Ban Debate
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19:50 Coming Up on GCN+
22:03 Hack/Bodge
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31:00 Coming Up on YouTube

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