I had to do this because nobody else did (helmets)

You know the group was not going to get away without somebody (me) posting a link to the article about the British neurosurgeon who says that bike helmets are useless:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...n-surgeon.html

So shall I stop wearing my helmet?

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"You know the group was not going to get away without somebody (me) posting a link to the article about the British neurosurgeon who says that bike helmets are useless:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...n-surgeon.html

So shall I stop wearing my helmet?"

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First you need a brain. If you don't, it makes no difference either way. This is known as the Krygowski Defect.

Andre Jute

On Saturday, May 31, 2014 9:30:07 PM UTC-7, wrote:
You know the group was not going to get away without somebody (me) posting a link to the article about the British neurosurgeon who says that bike helmets are useless:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...n-surgeon.html


Whatever.

So shall I stop wearing my helmet?

Your call.

My new foam hat arrived yesterday:

http://cdn.pocsports.com/images/6610/zoom.jpg

http://www.pocsports.com/en/product/...ckcountry-mips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVRLo8WVgU

.... arrived yesterday. A marvelous product!

_A marvelous product!_

But it was just a bit too small for my gi-normous head.

(This is where it pays to buy direct from the manufacturer.)
I called them on the phone. An enthusiastic man wrote up a
return authorization. They did not have the size I
need in the color I want, but instead of trying to sell
me what they did have, he looked something up and told me
they will be getting some this summer and I could call him
back and he'd set me up.

On Saturday, May 31, 2014 9:30:07 PM UTC-7, wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...n-surgeon.html


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The new standard in bathroom comfort and hygiene

:-)

On Sat, 31 May 2014 21:30:07 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

So shall I stop wearing my helmet?

Where will you hang your rear-view mirror?

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Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/~joybeeson

On Sat, 31 May 2014 21:30:07 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

You know the group was not going to get away without somebody (me) posting a link to the article about the British neurosurgeon who says that bike helmets are useless:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...n-surgeon.html

So shall I stop wearing my helmet?

Some time ago I posted a reference to something that the guy that
heads the British testing Lab wrote. He mentions that during a court
trial none of the expert witness surgeons would positively state that
a helmet would, or would not, protect the rider. They said that the
range of injuries was too great to make an all inclusive statement.
--
Cheers,

John B.
(invalid to gmail)

In article ,
Joy Beeson wrote:

On Sat, 31 May 2014 21:30:07 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

So shall I stop wearing my helmet?

Where will you hang your rear-view mirror?

Where I do: on the glasses. Truth is, I'd rather ride without my helmet
than without my glasses/mirror, but I normally wear both.

On 6/1/2014 7:36 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Sat, 31 May 2014 21:30:07 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

So shall I stop wearing my helmet?

Where will you hang your rear-view mirror?


Mine fits on my eyeglasses. They're the normal ones I always wear. It's
easy to clip it on even with one hand, while riding.

On the three-speed I recently built up as a jump-on-immediately bike for
local use, I didn't even want to deal with the eyeglass mirror, so I've
got a classic one on the handlebar.

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:36:02 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote:

On Sat, 31 May 2014 21:30:07 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

So shall I stop wearing my helmet?

Where will you hang your rear-view mirror?

One of these should work:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=doctors+head+mirror
Just turn the mirror around so it gives a view to the rear, and ride
looking straight ahead through the donut hole. I'm surprised nobody
offers such a thing for cyclists.



--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Sat, 31 May 2014 21:30:07 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

You know the group was not going to get away without
somebody (me) posting a link to the article about the
British neurosurgeon who says that bike helmets are useless:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...n-surgeon.html
So shall I stop wearing my helmet?

Ignoring the medical and safety issues, here's an interesting article
expounding on a similar helmet issue among hockey players.

"Why do hockey players support helmet rules, even though they choose
not to wear helmets when there is no rule?"
http://www.econport.org/content/teaching/modules/NFG/Hockey.html

In hockey, it would seem that the major disincentives and issues
surrounding helmet use are psychological, not technical. Of course,
cyclists do not have any problems with vanity, arrogance, envy, self
promotion, status, macho, etc.


--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558