tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post3763854245208491862..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.115-04:00Comments on Bike Snob NYC: Vote Oily, Vote OftenBikeSnobNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-37416255825406379462018-11-07T11:43:22.273-05:002018-11-07T11:43:22.273-05:00Perfect. This helmet article is delightfully analo...Perfect. This helmet article is delightfully analogous to why I don't vote. <br /><br />I have been consistently harassed in my adult life about not voting, about my 'apathy,' my 'being the root of the problem.' I am vilified, just like the helmetless father, for having a rare or 'extreme' or 'fringe' or 'crazy' stance on something our popular culture tells us is a necessity, but which a robust system-wide analysis cannot prove to be effective. Lastly, before this turns into its own article, everyone who tells me to vote is also telling me whom to vote for; the last time I voted I checked Gloria La Riva for president and got called an idiot anyway.<br /><br />Wear your helmet (I usually do), vote, if you want. But both of those acts are framed as the way the powerless (read: cyclists and the working class, respectively) are supposed to behave, and which ultimately distract from larger-scale systemic change.Matt chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845869465417527713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-53299832465985374442018-11-07T10:58:38.741-05:002018-11-07T10:58:38.741-05:00Andrew Gounardes beat Marty Golden in NY Senate Di...Andrew Gounardes beat Marty Golden in NY Senate District 22 : ) Goodbye Marty and your aggressive, dishonest, bicycle hating ways, hallelujah! Good luck to Mr. Gounardes who just earned a difficult job.HDEBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-15055011299870543912018-11-07T02:20:09.740-05:002018-11-07T02:20:09.740-05:00Recreational weeds is legal in Michigan now. I nee...Recreational weeds is legal in Michigan now. I need to wear a hellmut when partaking of the weeds.Come on over,ride thru the woods and smoke some trees 🌲Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351903304633933809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-22531214682394045622018-11-07T02:16:58.594-05:002018-11-07T02:16:58.594-05:00I want to be a part of a little community as much ...I want to be a part of a little community as much as anyone- can we accept the people we think are freds and avid cyclists as equals though? There is safety in numbers, not safety in partisanship. Call out bullshit when we see it, but avoid casualties if possible...aerialcopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088072001904573327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-15807259665101945072018-11-07T01:59:30.032-05:002018-11-07T01:59:30.032-05:00Any talk involving helmets and bicyclists is bound...Any talk involving helmets and bicyclists is bound to be a fruitless and incendiary morass, but i'm willing wade into flaming quicksand with a few general, vapid comments. Bikers don't wear helmets when they feel safe, and tend to wear helmets when they don't; and, wearing a helmet after you've thwacked a windshield with your noggin doing 40 in a collision may seem in retrospect like you made the right decision that day. I love riding in a cowboy hat or a Chilba when i get the chance to promenade. Beck the bikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-28561587065236429922018-11-06T21:37:26.481-05:002018-11-06T21:37:26.481-05:00Anonymous @2.43pm, no sorry, I should have read th...Anonymous @2.43pm, no sorry, I should have read the whole thing first. What they are suggesting is even more fucked-up than the original fuck-up.Sackgesichtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-79824249991664503592018-11-06T20:24:09.379-05:002018-11-06T20:24:09.379-05:00Anonymous @2.43pm, bloody good to see mate, given ...Anonymous @2.43pm, bloody good to see mate, given that Ozzie freds are understood to have helped bring about the fuck-up that is Oshtraya's helmet laws. Snob has nailed it, them really is quasi-avid cyclists.Sackgesichtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-58010604645874240422018-11-06T16:42:22.035-05:002018-11-06T16:42:22.035-05:00"They're pretty comfortable these days&qu..."They're pretty comfortable these days"<br /><br />Naw, that's just your head getting harder...<br />Schistheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-45970597173990492542018-11-06T16:35:09.712-05:002018-11-06T16:35:09.712-05:00On Election Day I'm always happy to find the b...On Election Day I'm always happy to find the bucket atop my noggin, because that's where the "I Voted" stickers go. (And it hasn't happened yet, but at some point I'll have the inevitable confrontation at the polling place with either blue-state goons or red-state goons who will wish to pound my head sadistically, and the bucket will throw 'em off.)Bikeboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17379272663647894409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-1994698652377585302018-11-06T15:07:50.075-05:002018-11-06T15:07:50.075-05:00Millions of Dutch cyclists cannot be wrong! Very f...Millions of Dutch cyclists cannot be wrong! Very few injuries and even fewer plastic hats! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-58810344789471346562018-11-06T15:07:27.934-05:002018-11-06T15:07:27.934-05:00Flax’s article is great.
Editor-in-Chief Fretz di...Flax’s article is great.<br /><br />Editor-in-Chief Fretz didn’t bother to actually perform one of the primary functions of an editor:<br /><br /> “folks who rode to work were 41% less likely to die than people who drove to work”<br /><br />It is a statistical certainty that 100% of people will die, regardless of how they get to work. The 41% who cycle are less likely to die pre-maturely . . . but why edit when you can editorialize?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-75970727906053513582018-11-06T14:43:11.209-05:002018-11-06T14:43:11.209-05:00Australian cycling group back-pedals to oppose man...Australian cycling group back-pedals to oppose mandatory helmets.<br />https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/nov/01/australian-cycling-group-back-pedals-to-oppose-mandatory-helmetsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-20220761200401439452018-11-06T13:57:22.864-05:002018-11-06T13:57:22.864-05:00Look, this is not about me or how many times I vot...Look, this is not about me or how many times I voted. Seattle lone wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550162413287334954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-33910724261120469022018-11-06T13:36:16.569-05:002018-11-06T13:36:16.569-05:00Don’t trust myself, helmut a must. Old Fred.Don’t trust myself, helmut a must. Old Fred.Murfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245841836943574636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-38991813178532685492018-11-06T13:08:08.766-05:002018-11-06T13:08:08.766-05:00Voted three times and it’s just noon, headed back ...Voted three times and it’s just noon, headed back for the afternoon session a little laterDrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394480972258253747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-70770755237222844642018-11-06T13:05:54.118-05:002018-11-06T13:05:54.118-05:00Vote with your head.Vote with your head.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290999529463523044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-82445148630949987762018-11-06T12:59:21.304-05:002018-11-06T12:59:21.304-05:00Agree with the fact that many Freds are only one s...Agree with the fact that many Freds are only one step better than Avid Cyclists. Many are primarily car drivers who only use cycling as a recreational activity. They've got the confidence to do Vehicular Cycling and they eschew anyone who is just riding to get around and may be intimidated by poor cycling infrastructure or discouraged by things like helmet laws. This article created quite a stir on the various Reddit cycling subs, mostly among MAMILs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-54555278843507523872018-11-06T12:49:49.387-05:002018-11-06T12:49:49.387-05:00I stripped down to nothing but lycra and helmet on...I stripped down to nothing but lycra and helmet once to fight a wild animal. Stomped that ant’s ass. My own personal Vietnam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-23086114219517026132018-11-06T12:27:37.239-05:002018-11-06T12:27:37.239-05:00I don't always wear a helmet. It seems a good...I don't always wear a helmet. It seems a good idea to wear one. I wear gloves always, because when I crash I use those guys for better or worse by sticking them out there and trying to roll. It all happens so fast. Anyways, try gloves the next time you plan on crashing.tramanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-3886300798724882002018-11-06T11:54:47.948-05:002018-11-06T11:54:47.948-05:00Weed.Weed.theEelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-85977648367930683522018-11-06T11:51:28.473-05:002018-11-06T11:51:28.473-05:00I do know of one instance where the helmet wearer ...I do know of one instance where the helmet wearer cracked his head against a car which left a 4 inch fracture above his ear and basically outlining the shape of the helmet along the circumference. He survived but not sure about the helmet.8carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183957045514958133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-76877351122964632402018-11-06T11:47:20.237-05:002018-11-06T11:47:20.237-05:00I agree that the disclaimer as writ,was a bit cowa...I agree that the disclaimer as writ,was a bit cowardly. just remember the old saying...sticks and stones may break my bones but lattes never hurt me.bad boy of the southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-5128966650336273622018-11-06T11:05:18.291-05:002018-11-06T11:05:18.291-05:00my cowardly comment of the day, is no comment at a...my cowardly comment of the day, is no comment at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-18584450078054130402018-11-06T10:59:39.339-05:002018-11-06T10:59:39.339-05:00@HDEB Barefoot pedaling!? I have never even concei...@HDEB Barefoot pedaling!? I have never even conceived of such a thing. <br /><br />@Grump, The helmet itself cracking isn't proof that it worked. Polystyrene-based helmets protect by absorbing the energy of the impact through compressing the polystyrene. In a serious accident, polystyrene helmets tend to break into pieces. If the polystyrene has broken into pieces but not compressed, it has failed to work as intended. In other words, proof that it worked is the styrofoam being smushed. And surely you've read this blog long enough to know that this argument has been made before and Snob hasn't changed his mind. Why must we chase our own tail on this? Agree to disagree, like I do on Snob's acceptance of salmon. janinedmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-51796139643599770912018-11-06T10:34:29.366-05:002018-11-06T10:34:29.366-05:00Snobby, do you feel the same way about seat belts?...Snobby, do you feel the same way about seat belts?. I have only been in one accident where seat belts have saved my bacon, and only been in one bike crash where the front of my helmet impacted the road enough to crack it in half.<br />Grumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10888087510150612547noreply@blogger.com