livedarklions

Nailed it. Except roads are actually Plan C for him, behind sidewalks.

Chuck M 

If results from the people that actually took the time to click one of the options gives you satisfaction, I suggest you evaluate what brings you joy and raise the bar. But don't reach too far, beating people by waiting at the bottom of the hill that don't know they are racing you may be more success than you can handle.

rc5781

I was riding yesterday and this kid starts SCREAMIN at the top of his lungs at me, "Biker, wear a helmet!!"

He's probably going to grow up to be like you guys, lol...

GhostRider62

Maybe dial back that gluten......

shelbyfv

I'm not sure anyone here would encourage OP to wear a helmet. Conversely, Darwin seems to be looking out for the kid.

Chuck M 

He was closer to doing something more useful than you in the scenario you described in your original post because he was definitely in the right.

3alarmer 

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...post # 53 begs to be rolled into the endlessly entertaining A+S helment thread. But I see the OP has already reinvigorated the whole "helmet yes or no" debate. This will certainly be a huge benefit to posterity. I already learned there that helmets "are cost-effective for the elderly since they are more susceptible to TBI." Which I never knew before. I stupidly assumed it was because old people fall more. Now I discover that it's because the young have harder heads.

And people say that nobody ever learns anything in the A+S forum.

Eric F 

It’s nice of you to wish that for him.

veganbikes

I can tell you didn't read it, it wasn't a rant against you. It was in a sense advocating the safety of cyclists but really just one in particular, you! You are being destructive for no reason and feeling things that you have no reason to feel and if you read my post I was actually still pretty nice to you for some reason. There was some tough love and really good advice but I think that is all that could work for you.

You just got mad at a made up story (that you made up) about a kid telling you to be safer. I actually tried to explain this thread to someone and they couldn't understand it and they have been in enough stupid arguments. "Wait people were agreeing with him and he attacked them?"

You are just too much.

JoeyBike

I'm not making any assumptions about people I do not know ESPECIALLY if it would curtail my fun here.

livedarklions

Which one of us started this thread with a story of how you scolded a group of cyclists?

TBH, I care so little about other people's helmet wearing habits that I've had conversations lasting several miles with people I've met on the road, and 5 minutes later, I wouldn't have been able to remember whether they were wearing a helmet. It's just not something I am paying attention to.

livedarklions

​​​​​​Nonsense, we've all got you pegged as a "honking at clouds" kind of driver.

rc5781

How many of you people in this cantankerous little clique have EVER executed a "perfect" ride? By perfect ride I mean: never got angry, no close calls at all, did not butt heads with cars, did not scare any pedestrians.

I just finished a 2 hour "perfect" ride. I probably accomplish it 2 out of 3 rides. It's very difficult to achieve.

Chuck M 

I've probably accomplished more of them this weekend than you will your entire little life judging by if what you post is true. And I'm pretty sure you're possibly making most of this tripe up to yank chains.

Eric F 

You have whined repeatedly about being a victim, yet continue to drop stupid statements like “cantankerous little clique”. It’s things like this that have fabricated the conditions you complain about.

As for rides, it’s not difficult at all to avoid those issues if you ride like vehicle, and stay off the sidewalk.

3alarmer 

...if he's not covered by the same health insurance I am, I say no harm, no foul.

livedarklions

I rode 176 miles this weekend. I had a random passenger roll down his window and swear at me, but I did nothing to provoke that. Otherwise, by your definition, perfect. You know nothing about how we ride.

BTW, I'd be pretty embarrassed by your record. 1 out of 3 2 hour rides resulting in some kind of incident riding where you do is pretty lousy.

rc5781

If you're in a rural area, you're an outlier...

JoeyBike

I live in a city where until very recently ZERO people wore helmets with the exception of full kit roadies. It's getting a little more popular with all the helmet choices these days and the age groups wearing them grew up in the "missing kids pictures on milk carton" days that their parents helicoptered over their every move for safety.

I wear one. It holds my mirror and shades my eyes. Not sure how "safe" it is. But as a registered Libertarian, I don't care how ppl exercise their freedoms so long as it only potentially harms themselves.

The most frightening thing is I agree with livedarklions on something. Likely won't sleep tonight.

livedarklions

Hey, genius. If I ride 176 miles in 2 days, I go through urban and rural areas. About 30 miles of that was in the Boston suburbs, but I did about 125 highway miles, a bit of path riding, paved and unpaved, and passed through several cities and towns of various sizes. Want to compare that to your 2 hours of path and sidewalk riding?

livedarklions

I almost posted a comment about how funny it is that OP thinks you and I are in the same "clique." He really does bring a certain degree of unity.

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rc5781

Hey non-genius, 71 percent of your ride was "rural", on a "highway"....I'm glad I can bring enemies to be friends...

FBinNY 

It's always "no harm, no foul" for me. I never ask people to live as I would, though I should admit, I don't wear a helmet either.

The irony here is the OP is upset about folks calling him out over a helmet, but feels perfectly fine calling out riders over his pet peeve. Makes me wonder if his head is screwed on straight.

rc5781

I also hate when someone prefaces with a pre-warning that they're from [fill in the blank, but mostly people from NYC] and therefore it is ok for them to be an a-hole...

livedarklions

Define rural. 55 mph 4 lane roads between and through cities? Lots of exits, intersections, traffic. Taking a proper left-hand turn on that requires more skill than you have. I encountered plenty of cars and trucks, and guess what, no problems.

So, your msth sucks because a fair amount of those highway miles were , in fact, urban. But I am pretty sure the other 29% alone was more riding than you've done in a month, so what's your damn point? I know more about road cycling than you ever will, enough to know you're a loud mouthed ignoramus.



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