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Effects of a Pink Helmet?

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Old 10-10-08 | 09:27 AM
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Old 10-10-08 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by The Carpenter
Just don't wash it with your whites or they will also turn pink.
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Old 10-10-08 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Rosso Corsa
I think it would be a good thing only if it was worn while fairly consistently winning races. Otherwise, I would be remembered as the distinctive pack fodder, or guy who always loses the sprint, etc.

I think I will wait until (when/if) I start consistently winning in the next few years before I go for it. I will embrace my stealthiness and keep my cards close to my chest.

I think a better way to get noticed would be to win on my 28 pound steel bike I have been racing thus far. We'll see what happens.

Thanks for all the responses.
If you think that being remembered for "consistently winning races" is desirable, then you have not raced much.
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Old 10-10-08 | 10:17 AM
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I woulden't want to get dropped by the pink helmet guy..........
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Old 10-10-08 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Rosso Corsa
The only reason I would get this is to manipulate how/if others perceive or remember me. If I could get all of the protection of a helmet as well as other (social) benefits, I might as well make my dollar go the farthest it can.

I'm thinking I'll go for it.
What is the problem you are trying to solve? That people forget you? That people perceive you in some negative way (in which case, why would you want them to remember you)?
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Old 10-10-08 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by HigherGround
Do you really want to risk being known as the Purple Helmeted Warrior?
It's better than being known as the Purple Hearted Warrior, trust me.
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Old 10-10-08 | 11:17 AM
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Old 10-10-08 | 11:37 AM
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Just to raise the level of discussion a bit (like that's possible here....)
VIA Google answers:


According to the website "Gender Specific Colors," it would seem that
assigning color to gender is mostly a 20th century trait. It would
also seem that at one time, the color associations were reversed when
color first came into use as a gender identifier.

In fact, this reversal of what we consider "normal" was considered
conventional, even in the early 20th century.

"At one point pink was considered more of a boy's color, (as a
watered-down red, which is a fierce color) and blue was more for
girls. The associate of pink with bold, dramatic red clearly affected
its use for boys. An American newspaper in 1914 advised mothers, "If
you like the color note on the little one's garments, use pink for the
boy and blue for the girl, if you are a follower of convention." [The
Sunday Sentinal, March 29, 1914.]

"There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the
generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The
reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more
suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty,
is prettier for the girl." [Ladies Home Journal, June, 1918]
https://histclo.hispeed.com/gender/color.html - "Gender Specific
Colors"

According to Jo B. Paoletti and Carol Kregloh, "The Children's
Department," in Claudia Brush Kidwell and Valerie Steele, ed., Men and
Women: Dressing the Part, (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989). -
In the United States: "The current pink for girls and blue for boys
wasn't uniform until the 1950's.

It would also seem that Nazi Germany had something to do with the
association of pink with femininity:

"Catholic traditions in Germany and neighboring countries reverse the
current color coding, because of the strong association of blue with
the Virgin Mary...the NAZIs in their concentration camps use a pink
triangle to identify *****exuals. (The yellow star of David is the
best known symbol, used of course to identify Jews. The German system
was quite complicated, using various symbols an colors to identify
criminals, political prisinors, an a whole range of other groups). The
NAZI's choice of pink suggests that it by the 1930s was a color that
in Germany had become associate with girls." - "Gender Specific
Colors"

Here is another site backing the same color history.

"The preferred color to dress young boys in was pink! Blue was
reserved for girls as it was considered the paler, more dainty of the
two colors, and pink was thought to be the stronger (akin to red). It
was not until WWII that the colors were reversed and pink was used for
girls and blue for boys..." - Quote from Dress Maker Magazine
https://www.dressmaker.com/ezine0200.shtml

"Jo B. Paoletti concludes that the effect of color-coded gender
differences (pink for girls, blue for boys) existed oppositely
initially..." - Quote from book review "The Material Culture of
Gender, the Gender of Material Culture" - Winterthur, Del.: Henry
Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1997 - From the Journal of American
History - Please note that this is a cached page as the current page
is different:
https://tinyurl.com/iy31

While there are also myths and legends supporting both or either color
for gender identification, those resources dealing with straight
history date the identification of pink with femininity to the period
of World War II or later.
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Old 10-10-08 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by chipcom
It's better than being known as the Purple Hearted Warrior, trust me.
I like purple-headed yogurt slinger. Anybody seen Varsity Blues? Yeah, you get it.
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Old 10-10-08 | 11:55 AM
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Just stay color coordinated, no red nail polish to go with it. Honestly, do I have to tell you everything?
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Old 10-10-08 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by theextremist04
The mere fact that someone who rides better than I ever will wears pink does not negate the fact that it's still silly looking. If you're going to wear pink, go with more of a T-Mobile hue than the pale shade pictured above though.
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