Personally, I really don't care if you wear a helmet or not...

I, on the other hand, would clearly be dead, had I not had one on that
day.


Five Broken Ribs

Broken Collar Bone

Punctured lung

Unconscious for about 10 minutes

No memory of the first hour and a half

'Woke Up' in an ambulance...




Say what you will, think what you think, and do as you choose, but
you'll NEVER see me riding a bike without a helmet.


-Bob

In article ,
says...

Say what you will, think what you think, and do as you choose, but
you'll NEVER see me riding a bike without a helmet.

This, IMO, is the correct attitude for helmets. I wear one, my kids (should I
ever have any progeny) will wear them, but I won't run around yelling at others
to wear one. It's their head.

Hope you're feeling better now. Definitely glad you're not dead.

--

__o Kristian Zoerhoff
_'\(,_
(_)/ (_)

Then why tell us the story?

Zog The Undeniable wrote:
Then why tell us the story?

Whaddya, NEW?

Bill Sornson wrote:

Whaddya, NEW?

No, but I've not been reading the group regularly for a couple of months
(I try to get out more in summer). I take it the OP is a prolific troll?

Zog The Undeniable wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote:

Whaddya, NEW?

No, but I've not been reading the group regularly for a couple of
months (I try to get out more in summer). I take it the OP is a
prolific troll?

No, at least AFAIK. It's just that "Lid Wars 2006" have been raging (or
limping along) for months now; H&HW just started a new thread instead of
adding a 5017th to the current one.

Bill Sornson wrote:
Zog The Undeniable wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote:

Whaddya, NEW?
No, but I've not been reading the group regularly for a couple of
months (I try to get out more in summer). I take it the OP is a
prolific troll?

No, at least AFAIK. It's just that "Lid Wars 2006" have been raging (or
limping along) for months now; H&HW just started a new thread instead of
adding a 5017th to the current one.


Ah the joys of Thunderbird and the Kill thread button (K) All H**met
threads go that way.

Stan Cox

In article ,
Hell and High Water wrote:

I, on the other hand, would clearly be dead, had I not had one on that
day.


Five Broken Ribs

Broken Collar Bone

Punctured lung

None of which would be prevented by a helmet, obviously.

Unconscious for about 10 minutes

No memory of the first hour and a half

'Woke Up' in an ambulance...

Say what you will, think what you think, and do as you choose, but
you'll NEVER see me riding a bike without a helmet.

I'm glad you're able to ride a bike again! Whether or not the helmet
was of benefit to you I have no idea. You believe it was and that's
good enough for you.

Hell and High Water wrote:
I, on the other hand, would clearly be dead, had I not had one on that
day.


Five Broken Ribs

Broken Collar Bone

Punctured lung

Unconscious for about 10 minutes

No memory of the first hour and a half

'Woke Up' in an ambulance...




Say what you will, think what you think, and do as you choose, but
you'll NEVER see me riding a bike without a helmet.


-Bob


I can respect that.

I can even respect that, for legal reasons and reasons of insurance,
bike clubs have a helmets-only policy.

I do not respect those who try to frighten me with horror stories.

I've taken many a spill, even flying over my handlebars headlong into
bushes. Taxis, pedestrians, dogs, car doors, vans, trucks, you name it
-- everything but helicopters and airplanes, it seems.

But I am not afraid.

When I get older, I will be (already I've stopped the downhill stuff).

What can I say?

If you have no fear, you have no fear. Like anything else in life,
this is a matter of faith. And I just don't believe it'll happen to
me. What can I say?

But helmet nazis get so obnoxious as to fault me for having my helmet
off at all, even when not on my bike!!!

NYC XYZ wrote:
Hell and High Water wrote:
I, on the other hand, would clearly be dead, had I not had one on
that day.


Five Broken Ribs

Broken Collar Bone

Punctured lung

Unconscious for about 10 minutes

No memory of the first hour and a half

'Woke Up' in an ambulance...




Say what you will, think what you think, and do as you choose, but
you'll NEVER see me riding a bike without a helmet.


-Bob


I can respect that.

I can even respect that, for legal reasons and reasons of insurance,
bike clubs have a helmets-only policy.

I do not respect those who try to frighten me with horror stories.

I've taken many a spill, even flying over my handlebars headlong into
bushes. Taxis, pedestrians, dogs, car doors, vans, trucks, you name
it -- everything but helicopters and airplanes, it seems.

But I am not afraid.

When I get older, I will be (already I've stopped the downhill stuff).

What can I say?

If you have no fear, you have no fear. Like anything else in life,
this is a matter of faith. And I just don't believe it'll happen to
me. What can I say?

But helmet nazis get so obnoxious as to fault me for having my helmet
off at all, even when not on my bike!!!

You used to DH? Crash a lot?
--
Phil Lee, Squid