Cycling is the best way to get around big cities, and big cities are starting to get better about bikes. Sydney, which has already been working to put more separated bike lanes in place, is the latest place to make plans for a major bike rental scheme. Residents and tourists alike back the idea, but it seems there might be one stumbling block…the law that you must wear a helmet while on a bike. According to one article:

“In Paris, casual users can pick up a bike from the Velib scheme and ride away. In Sydney, though, they’d have to have a helmet with them, and if you already have a helmet with you, presumably you already have a bike. “

They’ll have to rent helmets as well as bikes if they want the scheme to work, but it remains to be seen whether people will be comfortable wearing communal helmets.