I have never seen a bicyclye messagener that was not crazy. While my comments had to do with motorcycles, where in most states the helmet is a legal requirement anyway, I don't where a helmet on a bicycle either, at one time back in my thirtys I rode a bike exclusively summer, and winter in Detroit. I was known all around as the guy with the icecycles in his beard. I was infuencial in the security guys at Henry Ford Community College using bicycles to patrol the campus. So I have had quite a bit of experience riding bicycles as well. I have never hit my head. I have only fallen a couple of times (since I was a kid). Riding a bicycle in traffic is only reasonalbly safe if you act like a vichicle and obay the same rules as other vihicles, bicycle messengers do neither.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 9:56 PM Subject: Re: OT: helmets -was: Holding a camrea > I know we're getting off topic here, but I gotta agree with you, Ken. > I'm one of the few bike messengers in Toronto who wears a helmet. In the > 6 years that I've been doing this, I think I've fallen and hit my head 4 > or 5 times. It's quite an amazing feeling: As I fall (it seems to be in > slow motion), I think, "my head's about to hit the pavement - ~man~ is > this gonna hurt". And, it doesn't! At least not my head (shoulder, hip, > arm - yes; head - no). > > No, a helmet is no replacement for common sense. And, I don't think I > take more chances because I wear one; one doesn't want to go down with > or without a helmet. But the reality is that most of those accidents > weren't my fault. Cars change lanes without looking, make late turns > through intersections, run red lights, whatever. In a collision with a > two ton car, the 170 pound (bike and rider together) cyclist will lose - > it's just simple physics. Whether I'm in the right or in the wrong makes > no difference to my cranium. > > I can say for a fact that a helmet has saved me from stitches, > concussions, or worse. I guess it's a personal choice, but I'll choose > helmet every time. > > As I said, it's off topic, so it's my last word on the matter... > > -frank > > Ken Archer wrote: > > > As a cycling coach, I used to tell my riders if you have a $10 head, > > wear a $10 helmet. If you have a $100 head, wear a $100 helmet. If > > you head isn't worth anything, don't wear anything. The only people > > who don't fall off bikes are those who don't get on one. It's not a > > matter of if, but when. > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
