Originally Posted by
closetbiker
Not to put too fine a point on it, but you have the original title in reverse, it was "Spring Airheads... Helmets Cramp My Stye".
It was a condescending swipe at at a group of cyclists that perhaps need helmets the least and a nod to the "wisdom" of another group who wear helmets more often, but are injured more frequently. (Perhaps a classic case of risk compensation?)
The thread was started in April, 2005 by Jeff Williams when he posted a bit of provocation,
Jeff realized he made a mistake, and a couple of pages in he went back and edited the OP by removing some offensive stuff including calling the girls, spring airheads. The mods later removed spring airheads from the title.
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Do you think our moderator "Unterhausen" realizes this? Is he being intentionally or unintentionally biased when he retitles the thread in a way that removes the intolerant, ignorant and sexist overtones? Did he call for a poll to retitle the thread from the committed contributors, or did he have some sneaky side-channel conversations in which he admitted that the goal of forcing helmets on the rest of us was undermined by the crass nature of the previous three threads?