agreed. slow can be liberating, as can riding with flat pedals, normal clothes and no helmet or gloves. but if i'm riding slow i like to raise them handlebars or else it's hello mr. soreneck.

actually i've been thinking lately about how much i don't like wearing a helmet and how i never used to wear one. in fact, went many year of cycling mountain biking and all, without one. now i guess it's like a guilty force of habit. any non-helmeteers here?