Originally posted by jatkins679
No one is saying that you must wear a helmet when you cycle. What they're saying is that if you want to participate in their race, you have to abide by their rules. Otherwise, you're free to run your own race with your own rules.
Darn straight. If you don't want to go by what the UCI says, you should feel free to do your own thing. It's sort of like the saying, "As long as you live under this roof,
you abide by MY rules. " As long as you do a race run by the USCF, you wear a helmet. Now, as long as you race under the UCI, you wear a helmet. No different.