everybody likes a good crash
08-24-05, 08:34 AM
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everybody likes a good crash
and I just had mine. over the bars, through the windshield, and all in all not bad. bike isn't messed up too bad although my favorite trash picked seat got torn. the ***** of it is that I got issued a ticket . I could swear the light was with me. hmmm, maybe it's time to get a helmet 
08-24-05, 08:38 AM
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Wow you can survive going through a window without a helmet? I'd love to hear the details.
Glad you're alive too!
Glad you're alive too!
08-24-05, 08:45 AM
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pics?
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Yeah, I've been wearing a helmet more when riding in traffic. I'm a lot more comfortable when wearing one. Good to hear you survived going through a windshield without one.
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Yeah, I've been wearing a helmet more when riding in traffic. I'm a lot more comfortable when wearing one. Good to hear you survived going through a windshield without one.
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Originally Posted by mcsurf
and I just had mine. over the bars, through the windshield, and all in all not bad. bike isn't messed up too bad although my favorite trash picked seat got torn. the ***** of it is that I got issued a ticket . I could swear the light was with me.
08-24-05, 10:35 AM
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Ever wear a hemet I don't and fine just been I lots of crashes, even though.
08-24-05, 10:49 AM
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i never wear a helmet coz im so tall i can see over the cars. and i ride extra careful..
pfft ok ok.. i wear a helmet if im not in my homecity working. i wear a helmet when i work.
pfft ok ok.. i wear a helmet if im not in my homecity working. i wear a helmet when i work.
08-24-05, 11:36 AM
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I've been thrown by a van at a stop sign and I didn't wear a helmet; fortunately it wasn't too serious, though. I have one but haven't ever worn it.
08-24-05, 01:35 PM
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are you guys serious? do what you will with your dome, but you need to craft slightly better rationalizations if you are going to advertise them.
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08-24-05, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Fusion
are you guys serious? do what you will with your dome, but you need to craft slightly better rationalizations if your are going to advertise them.
08-24-05, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Fusion
are you guys serious? do what you will with your dome, but you need to craft slightly better rationalizations if your are going to advertise them.
Where's the fault in my logic?
08-24-05, 01:54 PM
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I'm super cool so I don't need a helmet...cars wouldn't dare touch this coolness!...a helmet would only smear my hair gel and (slightly) decrease my coolness.
08-24-05, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BostonFixed
I ride extra careful in traffic so I don't need a helmet.
08-24-05, 03:11 PM
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Recently I had a friend spend at least 10 minutes trying to explain exactly how a cycling cap in fact offers more protection than a traditional helmet.
A pink campy cap... better than a helmet. hmmmm
A pink campy cap... better than a helmet. hmmmm
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Paging Naz: post the brain fund poster.
I have always ridden with a helmet and always will. Always.
I have always ridden with a helmet and always will. Always.
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08-24-05, 06:08 PM
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Ugh...should I really contribute to a helmet debate? Sure, why not.
I just a weird crash last night. My bike just slipped out from under me and I landed hard on my left side. My helmeted head smacked onto the asphalt. No damage besides some healthy road rash, and no visible damage to the helmet, but I could still feel it, and I'm glad it wasn't my bare head hitting the street.
It's disconcerting because I have no idea what happened. I consider myself to be a generally careful rider. I must have just hit a weird spot in the pavement. Still...what if this had happened during the day, instead of on a relatively empty street at night? *shiver*
On the plus side, my feet were completely free of my eggbeaters, without me even thinking about it. Goooooo Crank Brothers!
I just a weird crash last night. My bike just slipped out from under me and I landed hard on my left side. My helmeted head smacked onto the asphalt. No damage besides some healthy road rash, and no visible damage to the helmet, but I could still feel it, and I'm glad it wasn't my bare head hitting the street.
It's disconcerting because I have no idea what happened. I consider myself to be a generally careful rider. I must have just hit a weird spot in the pavement. Still...what if this had happened during the day, instead of on a relatively empty street at night? *shiver*
On the plus side, my feet were completely free of my eggbeaters, without me even thinking about it. Goooooo Crank Brothers!
08-24-05, 06:12 PM
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i was skating a pool with my buddie one morning and i let him try my board. he wasent used to how loos the trucks were n i watched him bounce his head off the bottom. helping him up and listening to him slur his words and the lack of short memory for a while was kinda scary. i dont wear a helmet though
08-24-05, 08:42 PM
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08-24-05, 09:22 PM
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I think some folks missed the sarcasm in lots of our earlier posts about not wearing helmets...I'm sorry, but we haven't yet agreed on a sarcasm font...
08-24-05, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by rutt
I just a weird crash last night. My bike just slipped out from under me and I landed hard on my left side. My helmeted head smacked onto the asphalt...
It's disconcerting because I have no idea what happened. I consider myself to be a generally careful rider. I must have just hit a weird spot in the pavement.
It's disconcerting because I have no idea what happened. I consider myself to be a generally careful rider. I must have just hit a weird spot in the pavement.
but at least they're titanium ;-)
08-24-05, 11:15 PM
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but at least they're titanium ;-)
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Originally Posted by r-dub
I'm sorry, but we haven't yet agreed on a sarcasm font...