On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 17:52 -0700, Matthew J wrote: > Thing is, more solo bike accidents conclude with busted knees, collar > bones, arms, road rash than concussions or skull fractures. >
Except that collar bones, broken arms, road rash and what all won't kill you and won't destroy your personality the way a brain injury can. > The shoulder, knee and elbow pads football players wear would > certainly have made a difference in these situations. None the less, > day in and day out I see cyclists wearing helmets and little else. > > > If helmet wearing cyclists don't think their lids are a panacea, I'll > be darned if I understand why they worry so little about the rest of > their bodies when viable protective gear is readily available. You want to try riding a bike wearing football player body armor? -- 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.