My helmet kicks in as a mirror holder. The thing that bugs me is the boilerplate reporting coverage about bike accidents that insists on informing us that injured/maimed/dead riders were or were not wearing helmets.
-JimD On Sep 30, 2012, at 8:28 PM, dougP wrote: > A helmet only kicks in when you crash, so the use-or-not-use decision > involves a calculation (inexact at best) as to the liklihood of losing > control of one's destiny . Riding like a racer thru rush hour traffic > in an urban area seems less controllable than puttering down a country > lane. As with many cycling decisions, it's situational. > > dougP > > On Sep 30, 7:24 pm, Bill Gibson <bill.bgib...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Besides some wonderful clothing, bikes, camping gear, and ideas, something >> I've become since discovering Rivendell is a lot more tolerance around what >> makes a good cyclist. I used to be very critical of those who didn't ... >> whatever. Now, I am just happy when I see someone riding. >> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Peter M <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/sunday-review/to-encourage-biking-c... >> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> Bill Gibson >> Tempe, Arizona, USA > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
