I still bear the scars of a bike accident when I went over the bars, skidding along for a couple of feet. Not only did I knock myself out, I took most of the skin off the left side of my face: had I been wearing a helmet (not thought of in those days) I might have been spared that. I'd never get on a bike again, particularly for some serious riding, without a helmet. YMMV, of course
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Friday, 16 April 2010 4:36 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - Bikespotting On 4/14/2010 4:50 AM, Richard D Bush wrote: > I don't understand why so many bike riders don't wear helmets. It's a > vertical fall that often does in the bike rider. Same could be said for pedestrians by the way. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Riding uphill in warm weather, I don't have wind evaporating my sweat and I've never really found a combination of helmet and sweatband that works well. So, if I'm wearing a helmet I get sweat pouring into my eyes. Very uncomfortable. On the flip side, one time I was riding down Felton Empire grade, realized that I was going about the same speed as I would on my motorcycle, but rather than fat tires, disk brakes and leather from neck to toes, I had 25mm wide tires, a couple of tiny rubber pads, spandex and a fiberglass yarmulke. I do tend to wear helmets on long rides, especially if there will be fast downhill sections, though I suspect that the risk/benefit window is narrower than people think. In other words, there is a narrow range of situations where there is significant risk and that the helmet would actually provide sufficient protection to make a big difference. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
