Just when I thought it was safe to ride my bike.
Thanks for sharing this Squirrel attack with us.
There are hundreds (maybe) of walnut trees in my neighborhood.
I'm acustomed to them throwing walnuts at me when I'm raking the yard.
I hadn't thought of them playing comacosie with me.
Anyone know the proper procedure to prepare for inpack?

Just when I thought it was safe to ride my bike.
Thanks for sharing this Squirrel attack with us.
There are hundreds (maybe) of walnut trees in my neighborhood.
I'm acustomed to them throwing walnuts at me when I'm raking the yard.
I hadn't thought of them playing comacosie with me.
Anyone know the proper procedure to prepare for empack?

Just when I thought it was safe to ride my bike.
Thanks for sharing this Squirrel attack with us.
There are hundreds (maybe) of walnut trees in my neighborhood.
I'm acustomed to them throwing walnuts at me when I'm raking the yard.
I hadn't thought of them playing comacosie with me.
Anyone know the proper procedure to prepare for impact?

Show me a helmet that has some
style to it, and is not hot and doesn't
look ridiculous and I might wear one.

With all due respect, substitute the word seatbelt for helmet and you sound like the folks who didn't want to wear a seatbelt, either. Fortunately, most of 'em changed their minds.

Early this spring I was commuting home in the dark with my new DIY 50+ watts of lights. Accelerating down a hill [30 mph] on the MUP something came flying from the side and TWANG hit something -spokes? In that millisecond I thought - I'm about to crash - this is going to hurt for a long time. I didn't. The next day I found squirrel hair stuck to my water bottle holder.
Squirrel only got 6.0 but only because of the high technical difficulty level.

As to helmets, it depends on the rider and conditions. I where a helmet in traffic in NYC because I am not especially skilled, and I have had enough near misses where it was not really my fault that I know it is very possible I will hit someone making a left turn in front of me.

It happened a few days ago I was riding slowly on my Strida. I hear a heavy bass. Not sure why but I hit the brakes. A second later the van and dancing driver are a foot in front of me. On my Monty I would have hit it hard and bounced off, possibly hitting my head on the van, a parked car and then the pavement. The Monty rides faster and brakes slower than the Strida.

Your post reminded me of my 80 year old father saying he didn't want to wear his seat belt, because if he were in an accident, he wanted to be thrown clear. I looked at him and said, "Dad, you're 80 years old. Do you really want to be thrown anywhere?" My mother laughed so hard she had to excuse herself to go pee.

I like to ride the trails here (Aurora, Colorado) in winter. After just about any snowfall, you can count on the trails being clear after 2 to 3 days, EXCEPT, under the bridges. Under one particular bridge there was a very wide patch of Ice and I opted to walk it. I got two steps and both feet went out from under me, and hit my head first. I was out for a few minutes, and when I came to, I found my helmet was split and the innards were very compacted. The ER doc said that without the helmet (when he saw it), I would probably have been dead.

I have had several run ins with the squirrels here, but none have come close to attempting to jump through my spokes. I have had more problems with folks who walk their dogs on those retractable leashes. I haven't had any endos yet, but have come very close. Folks walk on the left side of the path and let their dogs roam off the right side. I have had several of these leashes get caught in my fender, handlebars, and crank. Since I now ride a recumbent, I'll probably get decapitated by one

Welcome.

Please join us for a 50+ forum Rocky Mountain States ride. (Yet to be determined)

Yea, and suppost your car lands in the water and your unconscious. By the time you undo the seatbelt, you could drown.

You ARE being sarcastic, right? :D