On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:03:09 -0800, Chalo wrote:
> Mark & Alice Westlund <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Big question! I have not been able to find a decent
>> helmet that fits
>> me. For instance, when I was shopping for a motorcycle
>> helmet, I had to special order. Most of the helmet
>> makers did not even make a helmet that would fit my
>> square Swedish head.
>>
>> I have had even worse luck with bike helmets and I really
>> want to start wearing a "brain bucket". Any ideas?
>
> Square head? You could get the 12-pack size. About $3 at
> your local corner store.
>
> Consider that God may be telling you that cycling is
> not a dangerous enough activity to warrant wearing a
> helmet for it.
>
> Track sprinters go as fast as many of us, but none of them
> wear helmets. Pedestrians get hit and killed by cars in
> much greater numbers than cyclists, but none of them wear
> helmets. On a per-hour basis, cleaning out household rain
> gutters is much more likely to get you a cracked head than
> cycling is, but nobody wears a helmet for that, either.
>
> If people in the buttplug industry along with self-
> accredited butt plugging experts told you that a buttplug
> was essential to your cycling safety, would you use one?
>
> Chalo Colina
>
> "here's a sleek one with vents for only $150!"
I agree with your thoughts on bicycling safety, but there
are other valid reasons for wanting to wear a helmet. Come
to think of it, Mark didn't state why he wanted to wear a
helmet. All he said was that he wanted to wear one that
fits, and where could he find one. I see nothing wrong
with that.
Peter
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