No, wearing a helmet is a way to avoid paranoia. Anything that makes you
feel safer, actually increases your real world risks. Any competent
survival instructor will tell you the safest thing to do in a real
survival situation is to be alone, unarmed, and naked.
Adam Maas wrote:
frank
On 1/11/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
The best protection for cyclists is to learn how to cycle properly in
traffic. This means behaving like the driver of a vehicle, obeying the
traffic laws, changing lanes properly, positioning yourself on the
road properly, stopping at red lights,
On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:55:02 -, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, wearing a helmet is a way to avoid paranoia. Anything that makes you
feel safer, actually increases your real world risks. Any competent
survival instructor will tell you the safest thing to do in a real
survival
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 12:13:05AM -, John Forbes wrote:
I believe that in the UK the average car journey isn't much more than 3
miles. All those mums who drive their kids half a mile to school, and
then a quarter of a mile to the supermarket. It's why they're so fat.
I'd question
On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:26:38 -, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 09:12:22PM -, Bob W wrote:
Your wise neurosurgeon might care to reflect on this:
(http://www.cyclecraft.co.uk/digest/effectiveness.pdf)
... the average distance cycled per person in the UK
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of graywolf
Sent: 01 November 2006 21:26
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Adults on bicycles
If you get hit by a car doing 30mph a bicycle helmet is not likely
to
help you at all. Paranoia is far better protection. Thet are
out to get
On Nov 2, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Bob W wrote:
The best protection for cyclists is to learn how to cycle properly
in traffic.
That helps, but you need to bear in mind that drivers have blind
spots, are often inattentive (especially while in a hurry), and in
some cases, as much as I hate to
02, 2006 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Adults on bicycles
On Nov 2, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Bob W wrote:
The best protection for cyclists is to learn how to cycle properly
in traffic.
That helps, but you need to bear in mind that drivers have blind
spots, are often inattentive (especially while
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of David Mann
On Nov 2, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Bob W wrote:
The best protection for cyclists is to learn how to cycle properly
in traffic.
[...]
The dynamics of any crash are far too variable to
List
Subject: Re: Adults on bicycles
Having once, many years ago, gone over the handlebars when a
front wheel
collapsed, landing on my face and spending three days in
hospital as a
result, I would prefer to wear a helmet when riding, whether
or not I was
required to do so.
Note
.
The route I take over the hill to the village is rocky and steep and so
these days I stay away from rough terrain when it gets below zero. Once
my front wheel went sideways on an icy rock and I ended up in a heap.
The damage was not serious and I was riding again in a week. But
bicycles
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, said H G Wells, I no longer
despair for the human race
Cast your despair to the four winds, and enjoy:
http://todayspictures.slate.com/20061031/
--
Regards,
Bob
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.net
On 10/31/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, said H G Wells, I no longer
despair for the human race
Cast your despair to the four winds, and enjoy:
http://todayspictures.slate.com/20061031/
Well, if the bicyclist is the main subject of the photo, I'd
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:07:12 -, frank theriault
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/31/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, said H G Wells, I no longer
despair for the human race
Cast your despair to the four winds, and enjoy:
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/10/31 Tue PM 01:07:12 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Adults on bicycles
On 10/31/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, said H G Wells, I no longer
despair
The up to date version should be:
Every time I see and adult cyclist wearing a helmet, I no longer
despair for the human race
Take care, Bertil
31 okt 2006 kl. 09:39 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, said H G Wells, I no longer
despair for the human race
--
On 10/31/06, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're absolutely right, Frank, but I don't think this chap had AE and
zoom lenses. It only goes to show that you need decent equipment if you
want to take a good photograph.
We must remember: People don't take photographs, cameras do...
on bicycles
The up to date version should be:
Every time I see and adult cyclist wearing a helmet, I no longer
despair for the human race
Take care, Bertil
31 okt 2006 kl. 09:39 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, said H G Wells,
I no longer
despair
On 10/31/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I never wear a bicycle helmet. I don't even one, and I cycle everyday
(2 days at weekends).
Obviously...
-frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.net
frank theriault wrote:
On 10/31/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I never wear a bicycle helmet. I don't even one, and I cycle everyday
(2 days at weekends).
Obviously...
Could you clarify this a bit, Frank. Do you mean you think it's obvious
he never wears a helmet? (Inquiring minds and
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 04:58:17PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
frank theriault wrote:
On 10/31/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I never wear a bicycle helmet. I don't even one, and I cycle everyday
(2 days at weekends).
Obviously...
Could you clarify this a bit, Frank. Do you mean
On 10/31/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could you clarify this a bit, Frank. Do you mean you think it's obvious
he never wears a helmet? (Inquiring minds and all that...)
I have no idea what I meant. I rarely do.
cheers,
frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri
On 10/31/06, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My guess is that Frank's comment is aimed at the parenthetical phrase.
That's as plausible an explanation as I can provide.
cheers,
frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
He's a subtle one is Frank - he could mean anything.
--
Cheers,
Bob
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of John Francis
Sent: 31 October 2006 22:37
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Adults on bicycles
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006
On 31/10/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
He's a subtle one is Frank - he could mean anything.
You must meet Frank. How about North Carolina in June?
--
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
Let's see, did he say that before WWII when almost no adults in the US
rode bicycles, durning WWII when many rode out of necessity, after WWII
when adults never would be caught on one in fear that others would think
they could not afford an automobile, or in the 70's and later when
bicycles
I rode my bicycle to work today. :)
On Oct 31, 2006, at 2:53 AM, Bob W wrote:
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, said H G Wells, I no longer
despair for the human race
Cast your despair to the four winds, and enjoy:
http://todayspictures.slate.com/20061031/
--
Regards,
Bob
Frank, I can only say, HAR!.
frank theriault wrote:
On 10/31/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, said H G Wells, I no longer
despair for the human race
Cast your despair to the four winds, and enjoy:
http://todayspictures.slate.com/20061031/
Well,
On Nov 1, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Bertil Holmberg wrote:
The up to date version should be:
Every time I see and adult cyclist wearing a helmet, I no longer
despair for the human race
Last week I saw a fellow riding down one of our local trails without
a helmet. I don't care that it was the
Hmm. Maybe.
--
Cheers,
Bob
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Cotty
Sent: 31 October 2006 23:52
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: Adults on bicycles
On 31/10/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
He's a subtle one is Frank - he
Frank,Those gears and chain I was trying to remember were in fact Sachsas
in Gunther Sachs.They were much less expensive than Campy,who I believe
finally bought them out.I must dig up a photo of me in my younger days
riding the Specialisedcarbon fibre racer.Mind you it was still a
Veterans(over
cars,booze, night life etc.and various other non Pentax subjects.
Warmest Regards Chris Kennedy
- Original Message -
From: alex wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: RE;Bicycles
SRAM bought Sachs. Sachs did use some
Gears are for riding trail bicycles up telegraph poles vertically
Brakes are to put cameras into
I may have been in error about the gears(name),but they were an aftermarket
company that were primarily famous for their chains(European++German)and
sold the gears for a lot less than Campy
frank theriault wrote:
Gears are for babies.
Brakes are for babies.
Real men (and women) ride track bikes.
Got a photo?
keith
-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bicycles
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 03:59:27 -0800
frank theriault wrote:
Gears are for babies.
Brakes are for babies.
Real men (and women) ride track bikes.
Got a photo?
keith
digress.
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bicycles
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 07:41:33 -0500
Sadly
Jostein,Come on,I said the camera was in the helmet,but with miniaturisation
who knows?Look what they did to Rolleiflex.Wait a minute,you sure about the
helmet and the brake lever?
Regards Chris K
Good luck with the antibiotic.Plenty of garlic obviates the necessity of
that stuff!
I took my MX to some bike trips and found that the
best way to carry it is in a special bag - kind of a
small fanny pack + shoulder strap. Mine is made by
Hama and has room for camera w/big wideangle or short
tele or zoom, 2 film rolls and filters.
Back in 83/84 I started out with a Praktica MTL5 and Pentacon 50mm/1.8
(brilliant for a beginner). I often took this set-up out on bike rides in
the country. It was kept in a bag strapped to the bike.
Anyway one day I discovered that the four or five screws that held the
mounting flange onto the
My P5 with winder ME II has been bouncing around in the (padded)
carrier bag on the back of my bicycle for years as I have explored
the bumpy back roads of downeast Maine, and it will be doing the same
thing again this summer, if I ever get around to replacing my tires.
IMO, my P5 looks very
PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: Cameras on bicycles
My P5 with winder ME II has been bouncing around in the (padded)
carrier bag on the back of my bicycle for years as I have explored
the bumpy back roads of downeast Maine, and it will be doing the same
thing again
At 2:45 PM -0400 5/22/01, T Caleb Fauver wrote:
Yeah! I have been reading this list for months and there I finially see
a mention of my state. Where have you been in Maine? I love it here.
I don't think I will ever run out of beautiful scenes to shoot.
I'm just outside of Ellsworth. Great
The low constant vibrations of an Airplane can vibrate the screws out of a
camera
probably faster than the coarser movements of a bicycle however constant
bouncing
around can throw a mechanical camera's shutter speeds off. The electronics
might be
effected by having friction connections, (any
Adding a bicycle's vibration to Raimo's question...
I will be taking cameras on a bicycle tour this summer. The cameras
could be packed on the frame or carried in a pack on me. There will be
more vibration if they are directly on the bike, but more weight for me
if I have to carry
On 20 May 2001, at 10:42, Dave Maki wrote:
Adding a bicycle's vibration to Raimo's question...
I will be taking cameras on a bicycle tour this summer. The cameras
could be packed on the frame or carried in a pack on me. There will be
more vibration if they are directly on the
That´s what I would like to know, too.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-Alkuperäinen viesti-
Lähettäjä: Dave Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does vibration ever cause problems
After 45,000 miles on my motorcycle, through all kinds of weather
and even rough, dirt roads, my ME Super suffered absolutely no
consequences. I still use it to this day, and it still works like
it just came out of the box. I'd say that you shouldn't be
concerned.
--
Shel Belinkoff
Does vibration ever cause problems for the camera
body?
No, most vibrations of the motorbike are absorbed by
the camera bag (Tamrac, Loewe pro, etc) and by the
body (when the camera bag is carried on the body).
The biggest threat for the camera
Thanks to all. It sounds like vibration won't disrupt the electonics,
so long as the camera is protected normally.
Alexander Krohe wrote:
Does vibration ever cause problems for the camera
body?
No, most vibrations of the motorbike are
101 - 149 of 149 matches
Mail list logo
