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06-14-04 | 11:58 PM

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Raiyn

I drink your MILKSHAKE

Joined: Jul 2002

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From: St. Petersburg, FL

Bikes: 2003 Specialized Rockhopper FSR Comp, 1999 Specialized Hardrock Comp FS, 1971 Schwinn Varsity

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Originally Posted by closetbiker

Lets not spread false rumors like, if you don't wear a helmet you're going to die.

If you're going to quote me. Quote me correctly, not out of context as you are so wont to do. In the section of my post that you omitted I said:

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Personally I wear a helmet while riding (even post maintenance shakedown rides) because if by wearing a helmet I can reduce the risk of my loved ones being saddled with wiping my @$$ and for the next forty to fifty years I'm going to do it. Bottom line."

"if by wearing a helmet I can reduce the risk" Those are some key words there words that I suspect you deliberately decided not to include.
Why?
Doesn't wearing a helmet reduce the chances of injury?
Notice that I said "reduce the chances" rather than prevent. Prevention is an absolute term and nothing is 100% against possible injury. What helmets, and for that matter, seat belts, air bags, and flotation devices do is reduce the percentage of probability of injury or drowning.
Is it still possible to get injured wearing a helmet?
Sure, but at least the probability goes down. That reduced probability is enough for me and the majority of the members of this forum if they will allow me to be so bold as to speak for them.

Do me a small favor closetbiker:
Don't ever quote me out of context again.

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