arent YOU riding in traffic?

I went down 3 times already while crossing wet tram rails. They are so treacherous.

May I assume this individual was promptly torn asunder by an enraged mob of onlookers? Or at least scolded severely by authorities?

:mad:

-Rob

Clever. It's more of an insult to be called average than to be called stupid by Bumbaclat (considering the source).

thanks! i like to be clever, but i am not judgemental. you can do whatever you want there JDP. i figure Darwinism will sort the issue out fine:

if you make it through life with no helmet, perhaps you will pass on those fine skills or grace of luck to your children, and so on. the helmet laws will be reversed, and we will have you to thank. you will be our "Adam" of bike-handling-skills-in-traffic. future humans will view riders of today as inept.

or...

you'll be nicked off the road without the offending driver finding remains of your dura-matter and dura-ace perhaps, until he gets home after the 5pm jaunt home with the rest of the motorized populous. you will not have the chance to procreate to pass this - ah-hem - miscalculating mind on to your progeny, and if you have children already, they will most certainly recognize the error in your ways.

i have a hard enough worrying about the rock in my own helmet. good luck with yours!

PS: let us all think of the irony that instead of avoiding an action (biking period) that may potentially spill our brains all over the place, we say "hmm, i'll just wear this helmet, but damn it if i'm not gonna ride!!!" it's sort of all academic after you get out on the road eh?

I choose to wear a helmet. I do not concern myself with whether or not someone else does.