Now that summer has FINALLY arrived, it seems there’s more talk about bike helmets in the media and blogosphere. A radio segment after my own heart, CBC Radio One’s High Velocity (a segment on the morning show, The Early Edition), focused on fashionable bike helmets and a group of friends called Prohab (image below of their annual fundraising calender). They give away bike helmets to honour a friend who has a brain injury due to a bike accident. That friend is Dan McCash. Dan suffered a brain injury as a result of a cycling accident. In his words, “I really do think I could have prevented my injuries. I could have worn a helmet — I owned one, but I didn’t – and I could have been sober. If I was sober, I wouldn’t have crashed.” But there’s another Dan I’d like to talk about. Continue Reading…