On 8 May 2006 06:15:09 -0700, "NYC XYZ"
wrote:


Okay, so I got a nice new helmet for club rides and such. Luckily, so
far, no one's been a Helmet Nazi about it -- just mild chiding
comments, but I just smile and keep pedalling and no one's pulled me
over yet or kicked me out. =)

mode="snarky"

Shouldn't that be =) now? No, wait, it's a Giro, make it {=)

Thing is, I actually like this helmet. It's so comfortable I not only
wouldn't mind wearing it if I had to, but I almost want to wear it just
for the heck of it!

Mantra: This will not prevent STDs.

Oh, wait, it will prevent the *cause* of STDs. Unless she's...no,
let's not go there.

Maybe in winter-time I will, for a bit of head
warmth (which I really don't need, but it's a $100 helmet, after
all...). =D

Damn, that's more than I've paid for every bike helmet I've ever had,
altogether.

Anyway, I'm reading the manual -- am I the only guy who likes reading
manuals with his cereal?? -- and I notice in Giro's one-size-fits-all
Owner's Manual that they explictly state *twice* that direct or
indirect heat might damage the helmet.

Giro is reportedly owned by Bell. Such exactness is therefore
expected. Or else, obviously, the only safe way to store or use the
helmet is in the absence of heat, i.e. at 0 K, which would necessitate
that the wearer would need to be similarly cool-headed. Perhaps this
could afford us the opportunity to investigate Niven's postulate that
the brain might become a superconductor at that temp. Inquiring minds
want to know!

Could that mean that the summer sun's going to damage the helmet????

If you're in the habit or parking under magnifying glasses, quite
possibly.

Are we supposed to replace our helmets every year or two, even if they
aren't banged up, simply due to, I dunno, UV-induced deterioration of
the styrofoam's molecular structure???

This message brought to you by the marketing department of the Sirius
Cybernetics Corporation.

(Materials Science is such an
interesting field...they're building the world's biggest Neutron
Smasher or whatever-it's-called down in TN or somewhere...they hope to
come up with all kinds of exotic materials due to understanding and
then manipulating subatomic physics!)

Sigh.

I still hope no one forces me to wear a helemt...

I Will Refrain From Saying "Or A Helmet, Either."
I Will Refrain From Saying "Or A Helmet, Either."
I Will Refrain From Saying "Or A Helmet, Either."
I Will Refrain From Saying "Or A Helmet, Either."
I Will Refrain From Saying "Or A Helmet, Either."
I Will Refrain From Saying "Or A Helmet, Either."
I Will Refrain From Saying "Or A Helmet, Either."
Really, I will. I promise.

but this Giro Roc Loc
4 is so comfy I would hardly mind wearing one now.

I -do not- want to know what you were doing when you wrote that. In
fact, I am reasonably certain that I actively want to -not know- what
you were doing, and have a strong interest in failing to investigate
whether that is an accurate perception.

Just funny to think
that it might not do any good anyway due to prolonged exposure to
direct sunlight!

Oh, the opportunities.

/mode (regrettably, I am unable to find an example of a "rolling
the eyes and shaking the head" smiley.)

Remember: The important part of the helmet is the part on your head,
not the box or the propaganda.
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