On 11/25/2015 08:23 AM, Ron Mc wrote:
if you haven't fallen off your bike yet, you will - that is the event
that makes you ride with trepidation.
You bet. Even the most experience and the greatest care won't keep this
from happening. Random chance: a couple of months ago, a guy in our
bike club who has been riding for decades, never went down and the last
time he had a scab was when he was in elementary school, crashed on a
ride when the group turned onto a road that was unexpectedly covered
with oil, dumped there from a truck that had a leaking container of
waste oil among the other garbage on board. When the local fire dept
arrived one of the guys said, "Oh, yeah, we saw that earlier this
morning but didn't think it was anything to worry about." Road rash, a
broken rib and compressed-foam-says-it's-time-for-a-replacement-helmet.
And nobody at all in the group was heard to say "Gee, too bad he was
wearing a helmet," nor did anyone say "If only there were more cyclists
around here this would never have happened."
On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 7:19:28 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote:
if you ride in pedestrians and deer, you should add a bell. If
you ride in traffic you should have lights (the pedestrians like a
solid headlight, too - they thank me all the time for my light and
bell)
On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 7:06:57 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote:
You are never going to hear, oops my bad, I was wearing my
helmet and gloves and shouldn't have been. Helmet and gloves
are the basic equipment you need to ride a bike, and there is
no downside to them.
Been witnessing this topic for years on several boards, but
this is by far the dumbest it has ever achieved - if you say
it enough it becomes the truth is the antithesis of intelligence.
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