Do yourself a favor and read all the words before going mental on me. This is exactly the type of self-righteousness I was talking about. The critical word, the one you apparently missed, was, "if."
Tom Dalton Bethlehem (Where there are lots of individuals who choose to ride Harleys and also choose to take advantage of our lack of a helmet law, and where I don't endorse any of it.... is that more clear?) PA, USA
Joe Starck <josephbstarck@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You wrote:
>
> In the years I raced in England I only ever uses a
> hairnet when I washed my hair, like Mom! racing on
> the track we had to use a helmet of some kind. NOW a
> funny story,(Sorry Dale) I was at a rest stop on
> the bike trail I ride every day, a Chap on a $100k
> Harley roars up,Leather gear etc. NO HELMET! meets
> his wife who had his Colnago fancy schamsy Campag do
> dad equip 50 speed? road bike for him to ride on the
> bike path, he changes into his skin tight aero bike
> kit, PUTS ON A HELMET and rides away! Something
> wrong with this picture! maybe he goes faster on
> the Colnago than the Harley!
>
> Here's my take:
>
> There's nothing wrong with this picture, John.
> The explanation is simple. Harley riders make fun
> of other Harley riders for wearing helmets. Riders
> of fancy racing bicycles make fun of other riders of
> fancy racing bicycles for NOT wearing helmets. The
> guy doesn't like to be made fun of. He probably
> wears German leathers and helmet when he rides his
> BMW because that's what BMW riders do. Peer
> pressure, it seems, is blind to age.
>
> In the 80's, as a teenager, I rode helmetless and
> raced in a hairnet because that was what the cool
> guys did. I wear a modern helmet now, but if I
> wanted to go helmetless I'm not sure I could bring
> myself to face the scorn of an increasingly self
> righteous cycling community .
Mr. Tom Dalton
How do you feel about bringing your helmetless
brain-bashed and bloody face to the citizen, police
officer, fireman, EMT, or other who finds you and
fixes you to live?
Mr. Joseph B. Starck
Dane County
Madison, WI USA
> Tom Dalton
> Bethlehem, PA, Where it's all Hogs and NO helmets,
> USA
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