Nottingham Post published Dave Gretton: Only die-hards won't use cycle helmets now

Dave Gretton from Gedling, former chairman of Nottingham Track Cycling Association, looks at how helmets changed from a no-no to a necessity.Cycling helmets are everywhere, at least on the heads of cyclists everywhere – they're so universal that it's hard to believe they haven't always been popular or deemed necessary. There was a time, though, when no-one wore head protection on a bike unless it was a bonnet or flat cap; and, remarkable as it seems nowadays, even motorbike riders were...