Makes sense to me. Screw the helmet all together. From now on, I'm going to focus on not getting hit by a car or crashing instead. Probably sell my seat belts and airbags, too, and focus on not getting in an accident in my car. If that works, I'm thinking... sell the smoke detectors. Useless if you avoid setting your house on fire.
I'm kidding... and I actually think you're close to right. I can thankfully say that in all the years I've ridden and had "incidents", the helmet was irrelevant and a drag to wear. When I stopped and thought about it, I realized that I wear it because I'm less afraid of dying from a serious accident than I am from surviving a serious accident and suffering major, debilitating head trauma. I suspect that's most peoples' fear... On Jul 25, 7:51 pm, charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > I just read some of stories of bicycle crashes and the use of helmets > specifically one where the rider used an old style Skid Lid........the > only problem, his eye socket was busted up as he had impacted directly > on his face. Not something any conventional bicycle helmet can protect > you from unless you use a full face motorcycle helmet. I read several > other stories and sadly many of them would not have been helped one > iota from wearing a helmet. Not getting hit by a car ( the worst) or > crashing would seem to be the thing to avoid........... I'm just > saying. > > On Jul 25, 3:23 pm, MichaelH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I owned a skid lid, and an early Giro that was nylon mesh over > > styrofoam. I also smoked cigarettes, marijuana, and a pipe in > > yesteryear, but the opportunity to know better is much greater today. > > I don't do leaches when I have a fever either. > > > blessings, > > michael > > > On Jul 25, 6:11 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 14:46 -0700, Leslie wrote: > > > > On Jul 25, 9:41 am, MichaelH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On the way to work this morning I passed a guy, on a normally busy > > > > > road, riding with a Skid Lid! > > > > > > Yikes! What dark basement did he pull that out of and why wasn't it > > > > > simply trashed decades ago? > > > > > You realize you can buy a new Skid Lid today, right? > > > > Yes, but it's not the same helmet at all. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
