Re: [RBW] Society Finally Catching up to Grant

2012-10-02 Thread jimD
Naw, let's talk about chain lube. JimD On Oct 2, 2012, at 4:50 PM, cyclotourist wrote: Awesome discussion guys. Can we now move on to the merits of carbon fibre forks? On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:35 PM, dougP dougpn...@cox.net wrote: So, if you're riding a bicycle sans helmet there may be

Re: [RBW] Society Finally Catching up to Grant

2012-10-02 Thread jimD
All this stuff is making my head hurt! ;) -JimD On Oct 2, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Seth Vidal wrote: On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Rex Kerr rexk...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Tim McNamara tim...@bitstream.net wrote: Perhaps it would seem that way but the

Re: [RBW] Society Finally Catching up to Grant

2012-10-01 Thread jimD
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

Re: [RBW] Society Finally Catching up to Grant

2012-10-01 Thread Ron Mc
What Jim D said. If I'm riding up the hill on an errand, and I wouldn't even think about putting on my helmet. But if I'm on the road for distance or even on a trail, I would be naked without my mirror. It comes with a helmet. On Monday, October 1, 2012 9:55:47 AM UTC-5, JimD wrote: My

Re: [RBW] Society Finally Catching up to Grant

2012-10-01 Thread Rex Kerr
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:55 AM, jimD rasterd...@comcast.net wrote: 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. Mine

[RBW] Society Finally Catching up to Grant

2012-09-30 Thread Peter M
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/sunday-review/to-encourage-biking-cities-forget-about-helmets.html?pagewanted=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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To

Re: [RBW] Society Finally Catching up to Grant

2012-09-30 Thread Bill Gibson
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,