Adults on bicycles

[graywolf]

I have only rode bicycles for a short while, less than sixty years, but 
I have never fallen off and landed on my head. Most of my contemporaries 
managed to get through at least childhood without wearing a helmet too. 
I imagine those laws sure do make a lot of money for the helmet sellers, 
however.

I have my own opinion about who is a stupid git in this issue, people 
who fall on their heads all the time!

--graywolf


David Mann wrote:
> On Nov 1, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Bertil Holmberg wrote:
> 
>> The up to date version should be:
>>
>> "Every time I see and adult cyclist wearing a helmet, I no longer
>> despair for the human race"
> 
> Last week I saw a fellow riding down one of our local trails without  
> a helmet.  I don't care that it was the easiest track on the hill, or  
> that he was going slowly; he's still a stupid git.  Technically he  
> may have been breaking the law due to the "paper-road" status of that  
> track.
> 
> My own helmet saved me from a nasty knock last Saturday.  Pity I  
> almost broke my thumb as well, so I can't ride offroad for now...  
> although I might do some hill climbs this weekend as I need to work  
> off the sympathy chocolate.  I think I can manage braking on the  
> road, so getting back down shouldn't be too hair-raising.
> 
> - Dave (have you ever tried to brush your teeth with the other hand?)
> 
> 
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