cycling helmets

"dreaded" wrote in message
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"gooserider" wrote in message
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"Roland" wrote in message
om...
Greetings,

This is NOT a flame bait.

Only after I bought the $20 hemet did I research the manufacturers's
Web
sites. I found cycling helmets were divided into categories like
Road, Mountain, etc. My helmet is under the lesser Sport category.

Well, like other posters have mentioned, all helmets sold in the US meet
the
same safety standards. If you like your helmet that's all that matters.
However, you're more likely to wear it if you think it looks cool. I'm
kinda
paranoid about helmet usage. I wear a Giro Eclipse when I'm training on
my
road bike, but in town I wear a sixsixone bmx/skate helmet. It's heavier
and
hotter but it provides a lot more coverage and it makes me feel safer.
Of
course, I act like a hooligan teenager in town, so it's probably a good
idea. People look at you funny when you're 34 and still jumping your
bike
off stuff......am I a poseur for wearing a BMX helmet covered in
stickers
at
my age? LOL



not if it's a JFA sticker!

How about a Dead Kennedys sticker? I was bombing around a local shopping
center and one of our local gendarmes saw me jump off the curb. He said,
"Hey kid cut that out!" I think I was older than he..... LOL

"gooserider" wrote in message
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How about a Dead Kennedys sticker? I was bombing around a local shopping
center and one of our local gendarmes saw me jump off the curb. He said,
"Hey kid cut that out!" I think I was older than he..... LOL

You should have gone over and talked to him. Probably would
have surprised him to know that even older folks still ride bikes.

Bikes are a good training tool for policemen to use to stay
in shape and it is a fun way to exercise.

"gooserider" wrote in message
m...

"dreaded" wrote in message
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"gooserider" wrote in message
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"Roland" wrote in message
om...
Greetings,

This is NOT a flame bait.

Only after I bought the $20 hemet did I research the manufacturers's
Web
sites. I found cycling helmets were divided into categories like
Road, Mountain, etc. My helmet is under the lesser Sport category.

Well, like other posters have mentioned, all helmets sold in the US
meet
the
same safety standards. If you like your helmet that's all that
matters.
However, you're more likely to wear it if you think it looks cool. I'm
kinda
paranoid about helmet usage. I wear a Giro Eclipse when I'm training
on
my
road bike, but in town I wear a sixsixone bmx/skate helmet. It's
heavier
and
hotter but it provides a lot more coverage and it makes me feel safer.
Of
course, I act like a hooligan teenager in town, so it's probably a
good
idea. People look at you funny when you're 34 and still jumping your
bike
off stuff......am I a poseur for wearing a BMX helmet covered in
stickers
at
my age? LOL



not if it's a JFA sticker!

How about a Dead Kennedys sticker? I was bombing around a local shopping
center and one of our local gendarmes saw me jump off the curb. He said,
"Hey kid cut that out!" I think I was older than he..... LOL


ya getting old can be freaking weird. DK stickers are still popular. i saw a
kid the other day with (DK) a t-shirt and started talking to him about
biafra and the PMRC and he had no idea what i was talking about. ya im old
now. kids these days! haha