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xkillemallx16

07-25-10 09:25 PM

errands i guess are "commutes"? i dont ride one on errands. i commute with one though.

gman26

07-25-10 09:27 PM

Where's the pics?

TheBikeRollsOn

07-25-10 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuji86 (Post 11173854)

I don't wear a helmet, but have thought about getting one. Then I remember I don't ride a bike to where my actions would ever necessitate needing one. Yeah I know, it's the cars out there and their drivers. But I factored them into the equation too. I still don't ride to where I'd need one and if the driver, drunk or sober were to hit me, I doubt the helmet is going to do anything for me anyway ?

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/ripti...onatti_cha.php

Around here, it seems you are either one or the other and not in between ? That is, in a bike mishap that either nothing happens to you physically beyond road rash and your bike suffering damage or there's an article and obituary written up in the paper/on-line for you ? About a week ago, I saw a fellow with road rash, he fell off his bike on a sidewalk, a mystery crash. I figure he hit a sandy patch as he was trying to turn to fast for it and went down hard ? I guess a helmet protects in those kind of accidents, the self inflicted ones ?

Go to the roadie forums and ask how many people have had their lives saved because they were hit by a car but were wearing a helmet.

xkillemallx16

07-25-10 09:41 PM

youu want a pic of me in a helmet?

i want a pic of scrod in a helmet.

Crappymonkey

07-25-10 09:42 PM

I wear one everytime I ride.

Squirrelli

07-25-10 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xkillemallx16 (Post 11174718)

youu want a pic of me in a helmet?

i want a pic of scrod in a helmet.

I don't think any living creature will be able to withstand the intense radiation that Scrod emits when he put on a helmet.

Deshi

07-25-10 09:56 PM

I dont own a helmet at the moment.

Squirrelli

07-25-10 09:59 PM

Aren't you going to be riding at the velodrome soon?

Deshi

07-25-10 10:02 PM

thats the plan. I will get a helmet by that time. I will have to.

xkillemallx16

07-25-10 10:07 PM

using the pinarello i assume?

i feel a urge to try track racing... but all my fixed's are road oriented. felt tk2 frame is next - they go on the sfbay craigslist for 400 a piece.

ive been wanting to buy a langster too - maybe ill try track with that. nothing professional, so it should do fine.

Leukybear

07-25-10 10:07 PM

wtf is a helmet? :roflmao:

Deshi

07-25-10 10:11 PM

Its either the Pinarello or a more slack Pake. I choose the Pinarello...

sknoslo

07-25-10 10:20 PM

This thread has me certain that I'm going to die very soon.. Perhaps a good time to invest in a helmet..

leed	07-25-10 11:14 PM

I wear a helmet now.. Because cars don't like me, and I don't like them.

JesusBananas

07-25-10 11:35 PM

Always and without question. I have both experienced and witnessed times when that one inch of styrofoam prevented something much worse from happening.

Also, I would guess that people who ride brakeless are less likely to wear helmets . . .

fuji86

07-26-10 12:13 AM

Scrodzilla on Sundays in the Fall !

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1567&bih=802&q=troy+polamalu&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Or something like that, only on a bike ?

joker8baller

07-26-10 12:25 AM

Only on long rides, and not my commute to school. I'd wager over 98% off students at the UC Davis campus do not wear helmets on their commutes to school.

Squirrelli

07-26-10 12:34 AM

Have anyone seen a cyclist with a football helmet?
I've seen batting helmets and hockey helmets though.

TejanoTrackie

07-26-10 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vixtor (Post 11175226)

Have anyone seen a cyclist with a football helmet?
I've seen batting helmets and hockey helmets though.

Isn't it mandatory in Canuckistan than you wear a hockey helmet all the time? Don't want to be hit in the head with one of those errant hockey pucks.

NinetiesKid

07-26-10 10:00 AM

I just shellac my brain case up with a few layers of frame saver.

I feel it preserves the minimalist look of my fixie and if it can save frames, it must save brains as well.

misha1551

07-26-10 10:01 AM

I should wear one more often, but riding to work (5-10 min ride) I don't, other then that safety first 100%.. (I should probly wear one everytime!)

wmgreene85

07-26-10 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vw addict (Post 11173281)

Like a guitar riff that hasn't been played? Doesn't exist.

ooooh... well put. Very true

wmgreene85

07-26-10 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcirick (Post 11174187)

I wear one because my girlfriend tells me to

same boat

dsh	07-26-10 11:21 AM

Generally speaking, I only wear a helmet if I'm leaving the city limits.

I do, however, lie when people ask, and say I wear a helmet all the time.

NateRod

07-26-10 02:35 PM

I have a bern macon that I've used like, twice. It's a bit too tight, even at size Large.

Yes, I have a huge head.

Dr. Banzai

07-26-10 02:40 PM

Depends how fast I'll be riding. If it's just a chill ride on sidewalks, deserted streets then maybe.

Hucking it down the road? Hell yeah.

itri	07-26-10 02:58 PM

I have 3 kids. I have to practice what I preach.

Squirrelli

07-26-10 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie (Post 11175450)

Isn't it mandatory in Canuckistan than you wear a hockey helmet all the time? Don't want to be hit in the head with one of those errant hockey pucks.

Well, only when we are baking cookies or hanging up picture frames but most of the time, we just take massive slapshots at crows and seagulls.

j3ffr3y

07-26-10 05:32 PM

99 percent of the time I will. If I can't find mine, then I'll ignore it. But I do usually know where I left it.

TheBikeRollsOn

07-26-10 05:51 PM

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