I rode past a skate park (with some BMXers playing).
None of the kids had helmets on. One that was close to me was like "dude, nice helmet."
I said "Thanks."
Then, I thwacked him on the skull with my frame pump and said "See? I would have barely felt that" and laughed and rode away as he lay there, bleeding in the fetal position.
Okay, so I just ENVISIONED the stuff in italics. That's usually about all it takes. Who gives a flip what some lame kids think? They're riding 0.4 miles per day round trip from their house across the street, and they probably spend more time playing computer games or surfing myspace TALKING about how cool their bike stunts are, than they actually spend practicing bike stunts. Whenever I go past there, there's a bunch of kids, some skateboarders, a few bikes laying dormant, and people hanging out in the picnic shelter.
I should ask if any of them want to race. It would rock to see a 220 pound fat white almost 30 year old dude on a clunky decade-old MTB school some youngins.