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05-21-07 | 09:51 AM

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charles vail

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Quote:

Originally Posted by John C. Ratliff

If you were to see it anywhere, you'd see someone falling over from heat exhaustion on the Tour de France. So far, in the last two seasons, I haven't seen that reported. This has more to do with keeping ahead with your fluids then whether or not the person was wearing a helmet.

John

Well....I never mentioned the TDF. There have been times when I have run short on fluids and have been several miles out in the middle of nowhere (not a house in sight) and no water source. Helmets make you hotter especially when hill climbing. I don't see the reason to wear one riding at 6 mph up a hill. Unless of course we need to use them when walking too!.

I think I am going to take some old TV styrofoam packing material and duct tape it together and make a protest helmet. Actually it would probably stay together better, on impact.