Hooligans Sportsbook

Bicycle helmets and the meaning of life

  • Start date •
  • Replies
    39 Replies •
  • Views 3,555 Views
Follow
PuckOff
Looks like a nice quaint little town RS. We have many of these in NS as we are on the Atlantic Ocean.
Click to expand...

When I was a kid growing up here, I used to think it was the Ninth Circle of Hell, honestly. Of course, things were very different even then, it was before cable television and paved roads were here and getting over the mountains to visit San Francisco took half a day. All I could think about was getting a scholarship and going to college far away from here. Now that I'm older and satellite television/radio/internet are available, living here suits me just fine. I have all the creature comforts that are important to me, I'm surrounded by an abundance of natural firewood and seafood, and my roots in the community allow me to get away with more than I was able to while living in the city. Best of all, it's still such a pain to get here I never have to worry about my friends coming to visit me, I'm left entirely to my own devices.

How do your living conditions compare, Pucky? Do you reside in one of the villages you mentioned or in a more populous environment?
 
RogueScholar
When I was a kid growing up here, I used to think it was the Ninth Circle of Hell, honestly. Of course, things were very different even then, it was before cable television and paved roads were here and getting over the mountains to visit San Francisco took half a day. All I could think about was getting a scholarship and going to college far away from here. Now that I'm older and satellite television/radio/internet are available, living here suits me just fine. I have all the creature comforts that are important to me, I'm surrounded by an abundance of natural firewood and seafood, and my roots in the community allow me to get away with more than I was able to while living in the city. Best of all, it's still such a pain to get here I never have to worry about my friends coming to visit me, I'm left entirely to my own devices.

How do your living conditions compare, Pucky? Do you reside in one of the villages you mentioned or in a more populous environment?
Click to expand...


I'm in a populous environment RS, but I'm in NS, Canada so it can get very cold in Jan and Feb. This year, the winter was quite mild and we had only 1 snow storm. Damn global warming!!!

The good thing about living here though is that we have all 4 seasons, awesome and very affordable seafood like cold water Lobster (the real deal....... not the warm water tiny crustacean), native Atlantic salmon, Halibut, Haddock etc. We also have tons of ice HOCKEY to play/watch in arenas and outdoors. :)
 
Mudcat, I think it's pretty obvious that the helmet is not +ev. If it were, you'd be wearing it. For some reason you're completely discounting the fact that it feels better to you to ride without the helmet. Whether it's the coolness factor, the breeze through your hair, or the freedom from chinstrap rubbing, you enjoy each ride more without the helmet.

Given your riding style and advanced age, you could easily finish your riding career without an incident that requires the protection of your helmet. However, if you start wearing one, your enjoyment of each and every ride will be slightly diminished. Sounds like -ev to me.
 
Well that's true. Even at my advanced age, I recognize those as good and thoughtful comments MrX.



There has been a new development though. This thread has inspired me to actually pull out my bicycle helmet and take a look at it. It has been a revelation.

I didn't realize how good I look.
 

Attachments

  • forum 053.jpg
    forum 053.jpg
    42.1 KB · Views: 165
  • forum 048.jpg
    forum 048.jpg
    33.4 KB · Views: 163
Mudcat
Well that's true. Even at my advanced age, I recognize those as good and thoughtful comments MrX.

There has been a new development though. This thread has inspired me to actually pull out my bicycle helmet and take a look at it. It has been a revelation.

I didn't realize how good I look.
Click to expand...

Mudder,

You look much younger without the stache. HOLY!!!
 
Pavy
I only wear a helmet on the motorcycle. Unless you are Lance Armstrong racing the time trials you don't need a helmet for going for a park ride unless you are fukking stupid and can't ride the damn thing at 10 mph.
Click to expand...


:whistling:


http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/who-causes-cyclists-deaths/


Who Causes Cyclists Deaths?
By FREAKONOMICS
More than 52,000 bicyclists have been killed in bicycle traffic accidents in the U.S. over the 80 years the federal government has been keeping records. When it comes to sharing the road with cars, many people seem to assume that such accidents are usually the cyclists fault a result of reckless or aggressive riding. But an analysis of police reports on 2,752 bike-car accidents in Toronto found that clumsy or inattentive driving by motorists was the cause of 90 percent of these crashes. Among the leading causes: running a stop sign or traffic light, turning into a cyclists path, or opening a door on a biker. This shouldnt come as too big a surprise: motorists cause roughly 75 percent of motorcycle crashes too.
Click to expand...
 
Daft
:whistling:


http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/who-causes-cyclists-deaths/
Click to expand...

I always said that the motorcycle is safe to ride and most crashes are caused by other drivers who are distracted when driving by eating, texting, changing CD's, etc in the car. When you are riding a motorcycle you can't do all that stuff because you need both hands and feet to operate it which is hard enough to get used to and coordinate. So when people say it's not safe to ride a motorcycle they actually mean is because all the car drivers don't know how to drive and share the road.
 
RageWizard
I ride a bike for a couple of hundred miles every week, and I always wear a helmet. It hasn't done me any good, because I have wiped out several times, and have never even scratched the helmet, but I have killer road rash, and even a broken coller bone. Since I live in a mountainous area, I still wear the helmet, but I really don't know why. If I eat it coming down the hill at 60, it ain't gonna matter.
Click to expand...

Nice bump Blitty! Now we know what happened to him! RIP RW!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.