On 5/01/2011 7:58 PM, Ross wrote:
On Dec 31 2010, 10:48 am, wrote:
"Geoff Lock"glock@home wrote in ...
On 30/12/2010 5:11 AM, RFC wrote:
Just as I thought.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/authors-ad...-on-bike-helme...

Hm, I have come off my bike several times and each time, my head was nowhere near where
I hit the ground except for that one time when I went over my handlebars and speared
face first into the pavement - lost some skin on my cheekbone, chipped my tooth and cut
my bottom lip from the inside but NO impact to the cranium(?). Maybe I should think of a
face guard

Still, I would wear a helmet becos I know it needs to save me only once. It also stops
the cops from pulling me over

No one wears lycra or helmets in Europe unless they are competing in a bike
race.

In Australia, some people wear Lycra even when they are not competing

Which reminds me...

...the protective value of lycra must be just about nil, compared to (for example)
the old woollen bike shorts you used to be able to buy or shortened army pants,
or even King Gee workshorts.

Isn't it time lycra was banned?

T.

From personal experience I can tell you lycra is surprisingly robust
in the event of coming in close contact with bitumen. I'm sure, there
are more robust material/garments, but I can tell you that some
clothing such as denim jeans that looks and feels far more robust than
lycra only lasts about 3 secs when hitting the bitumen at 50km/h.


Cant
comment on old woollen bike shorts, never worn them; King Gee work
shorts would be similar to jeans I imagine, and very uncomfortable to
ride a bike in.

Not if you had a Brooks, well worn in, leather seat.