Kris: How about Miranda Richardson, for starters.... Her fall didn't seem so serious at the time it happened, but had she been wearing a helmet she'd likely still be alive.
I'm a mountain biker and snowboarder, and I can't imagine doing either without a helmet. THAT to me would be idiotic... think about it. Maybe here in the East (with that famous Vermont boilerplate ice just waitin to crack open your dome) it may seem more appropriate, even out West I never ride without my helmet. I started wearing one after 20 years of skiing without one, and after I took a few good body slams on my snowboard. Snow can be soft and fluffy, or as hard as concrete. Choose wisely, my friend. BB On Mar 16, 7:11 pm, Kris <kkjellqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Everyone else is chiming in.....so..... > > I wear a helmet when mountain biking in my typical fashion. I ride NC > and Southeast singletrack with very steep, rocky descents as fast as I > can. I have broken more than one helmet via crashes. It would be > idiotic to not wear a helmet. I suspect even the anti-helmet crowd > would see the sense in a helmet here. > > I wear a helmet when doing 'go fast' road rides. For me, in this > situation, there's no good reason not to. > > I do not bother with a helmet when riding to the park, pedaling around > on a beach vacation, or even heading downtown for errands, etc. > > My father on the other hand religously wears a helmet....he WILL NOT > sit on a bike without a helmet. This seems silly to me. Most of the > 'mountain biking' I see on the Riv site looks perfectly fine for > helmetless riding. > > IMO fighting against helmets on a widespread basis is pointless. Make > your own decisions. > > Anyone been on the ski slopes recently? Talk about creating a market > out of nothing! I don't know ANYONE who has ever taken a serious > knock while skiing, but suddenly 30%+ of the market is wearing a > shell. > > K -- 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.
