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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-19-14, 09:24 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

What a very scientific definition. ...

What a very scientific definition.




Or you could have, you know, commented that perhaps it was a typo and 40km/h is what I was referring to.

Either way, your responses have been less than...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-19-14, 07:28 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Great video!

Great video!
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-19-14, 07:23 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Sure it does. Some areas of the US are so...

Sure it does. Some areas of the US are so sparse, the only way you'd end up cycling is for recreation, and not for commuting, grocery shopping, so on.

Also, the 'occasionally 80 km/h', thats not...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-18-14, 09:43 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

You weren't being friendly, and you still aren't,...

You weren't being friendly, and you still aren't, but no worries. I'll gloss over those bits.

Lets back up for a second though. You mentioned (and I agree) that cycling in NL is safer. To my...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-18-14, 01:06 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Congratulations! You're being a pretentious ass,...

Congratulations! You're being a pretentious ass, disagreeing with your fellow dutch in this very thread, and then, of course, there is this:

Cycling in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-18-14, 07:24 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

And in the US you are on the road, in the...

And in the US you are on the road, in the Netherlands you ride alongside pedestrians.

What makes you think helmets seem to be the issue here? And where are you getting this 70% number from?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 01:37 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

I don't think I could speak up against helmet...

I don't think I could speak up against helmet laws by taking the opposite position I have (that I think helmets are helpful), but I can (and have) call my representative to tell them why I don't...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 01:21 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

My disagreement with helmet law is more because...

My disagreement with helmet law is more because of my political leanings than my solid belief that helmets add a level of safety for me. Just because I think its wrong to legislate doesn't mean I...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 01:19 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

My town is mostly 25-40mph roads (40-65km/h),...

My town is mostly 25-40mph roads (40-65km/h), which is a slow moving small town. Ride is in the street, aside from park paths, riding the (small, one foot wide, maybe two) shoulder. If it were a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 12:05 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Me too, to be candid. I'll probably try them...

Me too, to be candid.

I'll probably try them again next week, maybe I got caught by a spam filter or something.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 12:04 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Well, when you're a pedestrian, you're on the...

Well, when you're a pedestrian, you're on the sidewalk not the road... Though everyone respects the crosswalks here. Anyway, you can feel free to take the risk! Like I said, that's fine by me, I just...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 11:51 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Not the worst, but certainly safer than my skull...

Not the worst, but certainly safer than my skull making direct contact with a curb or pavement.



I don't necessarily wear a helmet to protect me from my riding, but to protect me from stupid...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 11:08 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

That I could see *way* more than thinking biking...

That I could see *way* more than thinking biking isn't safe. I will always wear a helmet, that fear was put into me not by family or something while growing up, but from when I was a volunteer...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 10:51 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

I don't know... I'm not seeing it. It seems to...

I don't know... I'm not seeing it. It seems to me more likely that anyone who is so bothered by the idea that people wear helmets, and associate that with danger, would be the kind of people so...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 08:54 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

If a helmet makes you nervous, then so would...

If a helmet makes you nervous, then so would reading about an accident or seeing a mangled bike, right?

*shrug* I don't know, I don't think that argument makes sense to me.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-17-14, 08:46 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Debates as to usefulness of helmets aside, its...

Debates as to usefulness of helmets aside, its like motorcycles for me...

I always would go out on mine with full gear; draggin jeans, icon boots, gloves, helmet, leather jacket, and so on, no...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-16-14, 08:49 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Just to update my previous posts, nothing back on...

Just to update my previous posts, nothing back on MIPS as of yet. SCOTT's reply was to refer to the MIPS site.

A non-update update. Looks like I may not get anywhere with this.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-16-14, 09:15 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

I'm a staunch supporter of the buzz cut, so...

I'm a staunch supporter of the buzz cut, so helmet head never worries me, bicycle or motorcycle helmet :)
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-14-14, 08:04 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Well the unfortunate thing is that the research...

Well the unfortunate thing is that the research available is either the review of types of impacts or it has a focus in motorcycle helmets. Which is great, but not the same type of impact. I'm...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-13-14, 01:08 PM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

I got an email back from SCOTT Sports, in which I...

I got an email back from SCOTT Sports, in which I had asked about any testing SCOTT has done as noted above. The reply I got back was to refer to the MIPS website, despite me stating in my email that...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-13-14, 09:36 AM
Replies: 8,742
Views: 640,652
Posted By JosephG

Just got brought here from another thread,...

Just got brought here from another thread, currently trying to sort out what information - if any - is real relative to the MIPS helmets out there. So far all I can find is the designer pages, which...
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