J and B importers reclaimed the trademark or something, or maybe just re- aRTM'arked it. It is not the same company as the old San Diego Skidlid.
And the chrome helmet is just yer regular ol BMX jumping helmet, aka 'short bus'. Nothing new or unique to J&B's product
Tom Martin Oakland CA
-----Original Message----- From: Ted E. Baer [mailto:wickedsky@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:21 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Chrome finished/(colored) Skidlid
Check out this website:
http://electricrider.com/
They sell the SkidLids and one of them has a "chrome" finish. I don't know that this was such a "bright" idea seeing as how the glare of the sun bouncing off the helmet could blind other bicyclists and motorists as well.
This place is in Lawrence, Kansas. I lived there for a while as a child (10-12 years old on a farm.)
One time I was holding the reigns and walking a horse with my younger brother and his friend saddled up on the horse. We got to a large dirt patch. The horse took a dump. Then all of the sudden, the horse sat down on all fours; (my brother and his friend still mounted above.) We were laughing. But suddenly the horse completely rolled over (rolling over my brother and his friend into the fresh "road apples.) I was afraid to look because I thought the weight of the horse may have caused serious injuries to by brother and his friend. Miraculously, they both got up off the ground covered in dirt and the other stuff. I put my brother and his friend back on the horse and calmly attempted to walk the animal back to within the confines of the electric gate. Something happened and the horse bolted with my brother and his friend hanging on for dear life. The horse ran back to the pasture and snapped the electric fence on the way in. Now the cattle started coming out. I was yelling for my Mom but she could not hear me. I finally caught up to my brother and his friend; they were both crying their eyes out. As I was trying to steady the horse, the animal had another fit. This time it started bucking up and down and I could not quell the beast's aggressive behavior. Next thing you know the horse "bucked" my brother and his friend "off" and the two of them landed in the surrounding mud. They got up and took off running for the house. Myself and a Border Collie then rounded up the cattle.
Ted Baer
Palo Alto, CA