Originally Posted by jwc
The passion of the helmet advocate side makes me wonder if everyone under 30 has fallen victim to the brainwashing of the very companies selling helmets.
You can call me a moron (maybe a hypocrite, since I do wear a helmet at times) or you can call me one who questions the greed of these companies and the lengths they will go to just for profit. Let's look at it another way....what are these plastic helmets made of...petroleum based materials.
I wonder how many millions of dollars the oil companies make off bike helmets? You know how dastardly those oil companies are...they will stoop to anything to make a profit.
Finally, someone who speaks the truth!
Remember, these are the same people who forced us off the elegant penny-farthings onto the so-called "safety" bicycle, so that they could profit off the lubricants used on the wholly superfluous "chains".
Also, does anyone nowadays remember the exposure of the pneumatic tire cabal, who brainwashed cyclists into discarding their long wearing, puncture resistant solid gutta percha tires for the diabolical pneumatic tire, and then bread the goathead thorn in their underground chambers of evil so that they might profit off the pain and sorrow of cyclists?
Now, not content with the obscene and unholy profits of their previous perfidy, they have introduced these "helmets", and secretly planted EMT agents who strike unhelmeted riders in the skull while transporting them to the hospitals where studies are being performed on the "protective effect" of said infernal devices.
I salute you for your ability to stand up to these evil men.