I guess one could point to examples where helmets could have made a difference (Gary Busey, for example)... But then to be fair helmets may not always protect one from one's actions... (Charlie Sheen, for example).
Personally I choose to ride with a helmet, because I've endoed enough to be thankful I was wearing one. That said, I do also cherish my freedom to choose when NOT to wear my helmet, letting the wind flow through my hair (even though I shave my head). But I'll passionately defend my choice as my own, and not because I have succumbed to some so-called "culture of fear"... RUBBISH!!! (But I really need to be fair... I do find MCA interesting, and I can't hold his Danish swagger against him... he's earned his street cred, and anyone who supports urban mobility and cycling lifestyle is OK WITH ME!!!) ...and Patrick... Please help me to appreciate "the impending, ineluctible, overawing and highly terrible roar of a mons parturating a mus"... :) On Mar 15, 10:25 pm, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Whoa there.........there is a huge difference between showing fine > women (and men too) riding bicycles in public (well dressed I might > add) and what you are referring too.....a completely unfair > comparison. I grew up in a generation where cycling was normally done > sans Styrofoam as did millions before me. Somehow millions survived. > I will add further that statistics can be manipulated quite easily > for any desired effect, especially to the average citizen who hasn't > had a single, simple, college class in statistics. An interesting > example when comparing fighting sports and rates of brain damage to > boxers using heavily padded gloves and cage fighters using (almost) no > protective gloves. You 'd think cage fighters would have higher levels > of cumulative brain injury but they don't because the don't get hit as > many times as a boxer typically does. I listened to the whole video > and he didn't strike me as being arrogant but rather entertaining and > easy to listen to. So glad I still live in America........the land of > the free and the home of the brave. > > On Mar 15, 5:59 pm, james black <chocot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 17:39, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Not sure what rubs you wrong about his delivery. Likewise his blog, > > >http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/, an dthe cycling chic seems to > > > rub people wrong. This again confuses me as to why showing regular > > > people dressed smartly using bikes to get around town is a bad > > > thing. > > > I don't have particularly strong feelings about helmet use, and have > > no inclination to discuss the subject of helmets in an online forum; > > but his blog offends me, and I'm happy to explain why. He objectifies > > women! He is, in essence, a professional pornographer, exploiting > > people for his own self-promotion. > > > James Black > > Los Angeles, CA- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
