Do you wear a helmet on a bike date? Genuinely curious...helmet = safety but sweaty forehead and bad hair (I have bangs, I’d have to pin them back and do the founding fathers low ponytail). No helmet = I am clumsy and what if I die?

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I knew someone who died from falling off a bike hitting a pothole at slow speed and landing on his head the wrong way.

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Don’t listen to CD2, he fell off his bike not wearing a helmet and hasn’t been the same since. Worst part is, he doesn’t even realize


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Yes you absolutely do.

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Update - I pinned bangs back and did a French braid which somehow got caught in the helmet when I took it off so I looked like an idiot 😅 I’m hoping that came off as endearing...

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I’m smiling

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If they don’t like you with bike helmet hair, they don’t like you enough to date anyway.

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I ride and race and I always wear the helmet. You know what’s not cool? A TBI.

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If the other person knows it’s a bike date, they will take helmet-hair into account.

If they don’t know it’s a bike date, they might be too stupid to go out with.

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Wear the helmet. Bring a hat.

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I respect the helmet.

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It is impossible to look anything but foolish in a bike helmet. I would sooner ride a bike with training wheels than wear a helmet on a date. Unless we're going bombing through the woods on dirt trails. Then I would have enough protective equipment to withstand a small army.

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Nothing says “swipe right” quite like a traumatic brain injury. Wear the helmet. Sweat is sexy.

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I wear a lacrosse helmet. It’s way cooler-looking. Plus everyone you pass by goes “WTF???” which is always priceless.

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God, that was awfully written.

Bike date on the island, no helmet. Bike date fighting traffic through Toronto streets, helmet.

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Bike date on the island would’ve been nicer lol
 love this Toronto-specific advice.

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Agree ahead of time that at your first pit stop, your partner will grab your drink while you run to the loo to undo the helmet hair

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Helmet no. Condom yes.

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Lol, would you EVER give this advice to someone in person? No. It doesn’t even matter if you’re a man or a woman, this is creepy because op didn’t ask for sexual advice. They asked about helmet hair.

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Bike dates are a thing?

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Dang.

Don’t forget you Hello Kitty knee and elbow pads, too.

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Honestly I should’ve...I fell when I got home.

How’d it go?!

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Neutral 😅 I mean he bikes way faster than me so it wasn’t like we could bike side by side. At one point, I felt like I just got left behind!! Then we sat in the grass at a park and chatted while I fixed up my hair and it was all v neutral. No banter, no back n forth, not even a reassuring comment about my helmet hair!! So I didn’t feel as bad about being sweaty and flustered 😅

Glad I went but bike dates are not gonna be my thing tho...unless they’ve already seen me at least four times as my best un-helmeted self.

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You lost me at “bike date.”

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Always a helmet. If safety is a turn off then yikes.

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I went on a bike date once and we had a picnic and drank and spoke until the wee hours of the morning... and let’s just say I’m glad I was wearing a helmet because drinking all day + night riding = crash.
PS founding fathers ponytail hahahaha

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Be careful if you're in California. My old partner found out the hard way that a BUI is a thing. Bicycling Under the Influence. His nickname is now buoy. He does not love it.

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I always wear protection on my dates

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