tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post4536363236907798681..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.115-04:00Comments on Bike Snob NYC: You Can't Spell "Propaganda" Without "Pagan" or "Panda." Think About It.BikeSnobNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-35935676011091158652017-04-08T19:47:07.913-04:002017-04-08T19:47:07.913-04:00"The idea that wearing a helmet causes crashe..."The idea that wearing a helmet causes crashes is incredibly idiotic."<br /><br />Not really. Studies on whether using safety equipment increases risky behavior, including helmets, aren't unknown and often it's found that risk taking is increased when safety (or perceived) safety equipment is used. But that didn't seem to be the authors point anyway.<br /><br />Related: one review of ED records in the Netherlands found increased head injury correlated to helmet use. The catch there is that so few people are wearing helmets that the people who do choose to wear one, according to the study, were engaged in high performance cycling, ie. mtb and racing, and were more likely to crash and crash at high speed.<br /><br />I think it's pretty well established that motorcycle helmets result in increased neck injuries, particularly among female riders, but on the balance are more protective than risky. Last time I looked at the literature for bike helmets, the same link had not been established.<br /><br />For me, the "helmets cause injuries" argument isn't the best foundation for helmet skepticism (the relative risk compared to head injury in cars or as a pedestrian is). But it does seem fair satire to helmet hysteria. And, I agree with BSNYC, add several inches of diameter to your head and you're going to bump your head more often. Seriously, try the experiment at home or ask somebody who caves, climbs or works construction. I do wonder how many "the helmet saved my life" cracked helmet stories wouldn't exist if helmets, somehow, added no extra width.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-14198436999051853512017-04-08T14:55:40.530-04:002017-04-08T14:55:40.530-04:00Anonymous 2:34pm,
If you refuse to acknowledge th...Anonymous 2:34pm,<br /><br />If you refuse to acknowledge that it's possible to hit your head in a crash because it's in a big foam case that's fine. I realize helmets are magical and somehow defy space and time. Whatever works for you.<br /><br />--Wildcat Etc.BikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-77174817613828685662017-04-08T11:24:09.259-04:002017-04-08T11:24:09.259-04:00The idea that wearing a helmet causes crashes is i...The idea that wearing a helmet causes crashes is incredibly idiotic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-42063351148629198542017-04-08T08:01:41.686-04:002017-04-08T08:01:41.686-04:00It's "dick breaks"
get it right.It's "dick breaks"<br /><br />get it right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-65146589118840591962017-04-08T03:47:26.597-04:002017-04-08T03:47:26.597-04:00... except in wet conditions, where disk brakes ma...... except in wet conditions, where disk brakes maintain their consistency. Sorry for interrupting the disc brake hate and for not calling them dick brakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-21055909019825509622017-04-07T20:16:09.428-04:002017-04-07T20:16:09.428-04:00Goose,
I bet you're delicious seared with some...Goose,<br />I bet you're delicious <a rel="nofollow">seared with some poached pears</a> regardless of what you call yourself...Knüt Fredrikssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13487459859677636757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-3703907086667827322017-04-07T16:54:45.725-04:002017-04-07T16:54:45.725-04:00I'm a "Canada Goose", not a "Ca...I'm a "Canada Goose", not a "Canadian Goose".<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_goose. You get the link in text because I'm a goose I don't know shit about html.goosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-62523931887859522482017-04-07T14:34:46.053-04:002017-04-07T14:34:46.053-04:00Bike Snob, you cannot be serious. If you are not ...Bike Snob, you cannot be serious. If you are not wearing a helmet and you crash, it is possible that your head will continue its progress until it hits the ground. Having a helmet on can decelerate the impact. I have seen a lot of bike crashes firsthand and nobody involved wished they were not wearing a helmet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-62878288104871894712017-04-07T13:30:42.062-04:002017-04-07T13:30:42.062-04:00Hello from Canada, where our flimsy plastic pool i...Hello from Canada, where our flimsy plastic pool is filled to the brim with oil that no one wants to buy at low prices. Anyone for a swim? Our luxury SUVs, big homes, and pickup trucks make us feel better, as we wait for pipes to help us drain it to the US while we collect employment insurance in the meantime. Whatpressureyourunnin in that inflatable pool? Whether we're pumping oil, or pumping up the inflatable pool, it's going to be a fucking mess. Oil soaked ducknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-10306167817643869832017-04-07T12:40:57.704-04:002017-04-07T12:40:57.704-04:00I just spent a day in a Euro City.
This is what I...I just spent a day in a Euro City.<br /><br />This is what I saw...<br />1) most all didn't wear helmets<br />2) people in suits ride bikes<br />3) cars stop for bikes and people<br />4) bikes stop for people<br />5) no one's getting killed<br />6) no one's angry<br /><br />How can they live like this?Die freenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-19326196584027608442017-04-07T12:02:27.825-04:002017-04-07T12:02:27.825-04:00Three bent forks doesn't seem like a big deal ...Three bent forks doesn't seem like a big deal to me without more data. There's no info about the problem or even if it's a common failure mode across the complaints. I have bent a couple of metal forks in bad crashes and that's a fine thing compared to a fork breaking. Crabon feebray and old aluminum, I'm talking about you. Pist Offnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-30676444676982419712017-04-07T10:10:47.256-04:002017-04-07T10:10:47.256-04:00http://www.bicycleretailer.com/recalls/2017/04/06/...http://www.bicycleretailer.com/recalls/2017/04/06/marin-recalling-about-470-mountain-bikes-over-rigid-fork-concerns#.WOecEme1vcs<br /><br />Isn't this the bike you almost got for free but ended up paying for anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-24405990097932867992017-04-07T07:11:25.002-04:002017-04-07T07:11:25.002-04:00I watched the European video. My conclusion is tha...I watched the European video. My conclusion is that looking over your shoulder for a prolonged period of time while overlapping wheels with the person in front might result in concussion.Cinimodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-76111684413701090852017-04-06T23:33:39.411-04:002017-04-06T23:33:39.411-04:00maybe i'm too old to give a crap
but helment ...<br />maybe i'm too old to give a crap<br /><br />but helment schelment. i wear one all the time. but i don't care whether anyone else does or not.<br /><br />dik breaks. don't care. i chose cantis for my new bike but it kind of a flip of the coin. they all seem to work. i don't like the idea of hydraulics but that's only because i fear they won't work well if i'm too lazy to maintain them. <br /><br />Spokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634249104084545065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-37224118475771571182017-04-06T21:51:32.163-04:002017-04-06T21:51:32.163-04:00Disk brake, plastic rotor condoms for protection.Disk brake, plastic rotor condoms for protection.Frictional Characternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-1084726870058721722017-04-06T21:47:59.150-04:002017-04-06T21:47:59.150-04:00Kurt Mudgeon,
Spend an evening wearing your helme...Kurt Mudgeon,<br /><br />Spend an evening wearing your helmet at home and see how many times you hit your head.<br /><br />--Wildcat Etc.BikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-25384715930511556182017-04-06T21:13:36.744-04:002017-04-06T21:13:36.744-04:00http://stevetilford.com/2017/01/03/okay-about-wear...http://stevetilford.com/2017/01/03/okay-about-wearing-a-helmet/<br /><br />I really didn't appreciate how fucked in the head the rabid helmet wearing zealots are until I read the comments.<br /><br />"Oh, ya, the Dutch photo …. I see dumb people "<br /><br />FFS - 10000s of people riding bicycles to work everyday without fucking helmets on are dumb people? No the dumb people are the fucking zealots who think $319 helmet fines are a great leap forward without realising what a great leap forward actually is.Sedentary Slobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-6851273081035339822017-04-06T20:22:06.164-04:002017-04-06T20:22:06.164-04:00There once was a blogger called Snobby
His bloggin...There once was a blogger called Snobby<br />His blogging was more than a hobby<br />One day on the bog<br />He was typing his blog<br />And out popped a turd that was knobby<br /><br />Sorry about this, it couldn't be helpedHaiku Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-84814452586200278612017-04-06T20:20:40.191-04:002017-04-06T20:20:40.191-04:00"Hey, your body does a lot of physics as you ..."Hey, your body does a lot of physics as you fall, and adding a big block of foam throws all those calculations off. I mean really, look at how much extra head they've got with those things on, especially in the back where his cracked".<br /><br />I'm no physicist or iridologist, but this comment is so stooped it broke my Trumpometer.Kurt Mudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-56307727716522800732017-04-06T20:20:03.561-04:002017-04-06T20:20:03.561-04:00
Holy Looney Tunes
It is already two hours and no...<br />Holy Looney Tunes<br /><br />It is already two hours and no Trump Derangement Syndrome histrionics. NationalStatistAgentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-81626120562801767622017-04-06T18:45:42.378-04:002017-04-06T18:45:42.378-04:00USPS,
Please deliver one of the two Crabon Fibber ...USPS,<br />Please deliver one of the two Crabon Fibber forks and stop delaying, so I can N+1. Glad I got that out there. I know this isn't the USPS website, but I just wanted someone to see my complaint. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795737680792941655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-682013764219669192017-04-06T18:33:19.734-04:002017-04-06T18:33:19.734-04:00Huh? What?Huh? What?Old Timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-44153647520567572542017-04-06T18:26:30.643-04:002017-04-06T18:26:30.643-04:00I would like a hand crafted Haiku delivered by Kei...I would like a hand crafted Haiku delivered by Keirin bike with full NJS componentry. A bike or motorcycle helmet, if it works properly, is an option for your spouse or family to keep you around with a functional brain in an otherwise non functional body.Lieutenant Obliviousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-60607400656157948542017-04-06T18:22:54.879-04:002017-04-06T18:22:54.879-04:00That limerick didn't suck......it restates the...That limerick didn't suck....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o" rel="nofollow">..it restates the negativeness of the universe...the hideous lonely emptiness of our existence...nothingness...the predicament of man forced to live in a barren godless eternity...like a tiny flame flickering in an immense void with nothing but waste horror and degradation...</a>dopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-62899062636784517502017-04-06T16:58:39.864-04:002017-04-06T16:58:39.864-04:00At least she aint no dirty hoeAt least she aint no dirty hoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com