yea I hang plastic grocery bags off my bars all the time :rolleyes
Your the instructor correct...instead of saying
Again, DO NOT try to hang your helmet from those.
NEVER EVER EVER ride with a helmet in a helmet lock. I've seen it done and there's not much that brands you an idiot in my book quicker than that.
how about you back up WHY you say this....being the instructor you should know better than to just call someone an idiot and not explain why...
I dont have a second helmet...but if the only way to carry it from point A to B then yes I would use the hooks.. would I ride like a moron doing it...no. I've learned from the Navy, ORM.... Operational Risk Managment..
Identify Hazards
Access The Situation
Make Risk Decisions
Impliment Controls
Supervise
I would find the risk involved... Strap tangled up in chain/wheel
The control... Tie up the strap so it WOULDNT get caught in the chain/wheel
There are more ways that YOUR own.... you just have to think them out...and figure out if the risk outweighs the cost.