I generally did not wear helmets for the last 50+ years of cycling, unless required by an event or club. They did not have helmets when I started cycling (other than the hard to locate leather hair net style), and once they did, my head was too big and they did not fit well. I actually had one of the very early open topped Skid Lids in the mid 70s - It was yellow and matched the paint on my Paramount. A few years ago, during my three years in Everett, WA, I drove down to Universal Cycles in Portland, they did not have a helmet in the entire store that really fit me, one sort of fit, but the salesclerk refused to sell it to me because he said that it did not fit well enough. He told me that I needed a Giro Bishop helmet. I called around and found one at another bike shop in Portland, and sure enough, it fit. Recently I put a "Da Brim" sunshade on it and now I wear it, mostly for the protection from the sun.
I spent some time in Amsterdam a few years ago - they generally don't wear helmets and I haven't read anything about the Dutch cyclists having a higher than normal rate of cycling deaths or injuries. I think Americans like the illusion of safety - be it bike helmets or big SUVs. Laing Conley Cocoa, FL > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
