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Brent P
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In article <[email protected]>, Bill Sornson wrote:
> Brent P wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>, Bill Sornson
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, why wear protection while hurtling down a bumpy road at 45 mph
>>> with huge speeding behemoths all around going much faster? (Oh, and
>>> you're perched atop a thin frame with two very skinny wheels and
>>> tires, the latter of which are inflated to sky-high pressures.)
>>
>> And this is why they get called 'magic hats' because people such as
>> yourself pretend or think that the helmet is useful should one crash
>> at 45mph.
>
> Gosh, everyone knows that every bike crash results in direct impact with
> immovable objects the force of which is identical to the speed the cyclist
> was travelling. {Sarcams (sic) Mode Off}
So you do think they are magic hats. Go add up the vectors and figure it
out.
>> I've learned about the standards to which bicycle 'helmets' are
>> designed. Since I am taller than 6', if I simply fell over, I've
>> exceeded the capacity of the helmet. No impact from a car needed, no
>> 45mph velocity, just falling over.... So, if that's all the
>> protection the bicycle 'helmet' offers me, I don't see why I should
>> wear one while bicycling
>> but not for any daily activity where I might fall with a similiar or
>> greater risk.
> Helmets, bike lanes... Is there anything of which you're NOT afraid?!? LOL
> What a maroon...
Afraid? You're the scared one needing armor and special lanes.
> Brent P wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>, Bill Sornson
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, why wear protection while hurtling down a bumpy road at 45 mph
>>> with huge speeding behemoths all around going much faster? (Oh, and
>>> you're perched atop a thin frame with two very skinny wheels and
>>> tires, the latter of which are inflated to sky-high pressures.)
>>
>> And this is why they get called 'magic hats' because people such as
>> yourself pretend or think that the helmet is useful should one crash
>> at 45mph.
>
> Gosh, everyone knows that every bike crash results in direct impact with
> immovable objects the force of which is identical to the speed the cyclist
> was travelling. {Sarcams (sic) Mode Off}
So you do think they are magic hats. Go add up the vectors and figure it
out.
>> I've learned about the standards to which bicycle 'helmets' are
>> designed. Since I am taller than 6', if I simply fell over, I've
>> exceeded the capacity of the helmet. No impact from a car needed, no
>> 45mph velocity, just falling over.... So, if that's all the
>> protection the bicycle 'helmet' offers me, I don't see why I should
>> wear one while bicycling
>> but not for any daily activity where I might fall with a similiar or
>> greater risk.
> Helmets, bike lanes... Is there anything of which you're NOT afraid?!? LOL
> What a maroon...
Afraid? You're the scared one needing armor and special lanes.