> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/01/12 Sat PM 11:43:21 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35 > > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >I don't either. I'm not particularly fond of them myself, though I do > >wear one more often than not these days. It's hard to tell the kiddos > >to put one on if Dad isn't wearing his. I don't wear one when it's > >really hot, because even with the ventilation I find them > uncomfortable. > > I also don't wear one when it's really cold, as the stuff I wear on > my > >head won't fit under the damn thing. > > > >I do wear one at night, when it's raining, or when visibility is > >impaired - mine has some reflective striping on it. Being seen is > >always good. I do think their effectiveness is debatable > > Not me. Not since July 26 last year. > Went down hard. 9 stitches next to left eye (just below where helmet > ends). The helmet was crushed in just above where I needed stitches. I > shudder to think what my head would have been like. My personal > physician said, "I used to think bike helmets were just window > dressing. Not any more."
The really, really big problem I have with bicycle helemets is that I can't find one that fits. It took months of looking to find a motorcycle helmet of even approximately close size the last time I had to buy one. If bicycle helmets are ever made compulsory here, my cycling days are over. Although I suppose I could become a Sikh. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
