Comments on: 08/22/2012 – Shop Talk http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/ Sun, 19 May 2013 12:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lizzy http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-55504 Lizzy Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:06:57 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-55504 I wear a helmet on a bike as it makes me feel I am doing the most I can to prevent damage to my body and my family feels better about my cycling. For city riding, I like the shape of urban helmets [Giro, Bern]. If your head hits something, there is less chance of a rotational injury. Even if you simply fall off your bike, your head can hit the pavement. I wear a helmet on a bike as it makes me feel I am doing the most I can to prevent damage to my body and my family feels better about my cycling. For city riding, I like the shape of urban helmets [Giro, Bern]. If your head hits something, there is less chance of a rotational injury. Even if you simply fall off your bike, your head can hit the pavement.

]]> By: Opus the Poet http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54574 Opus the Poet Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:38:02 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54574 After dying and having my face ripped open in the same wreck (with a helmet but a wussy road helmet) I now wear a full face BMX helmet when I ride. I didn't like dying, and the healing process when they sew your face back on is... unpleasant. Of the two I think dying was the least bad, at least after I came back that part was over. The itching that went with getting my face sewn back on, that lasted for weeks that felt like months with all the drugs I was getting. So while I vehemently oppose MAKING me wear a helmet I wear that BMX helmet every where I ride, except for short rides when I need to have my ears bare to listen to a noise and figure out where it came from so I can fix what's making the noise. Sorry TL;DR After dying and having my face ripped open in the same wreck (with a helmet but a wussy road helmet) I now wear a full face BMX helmet when I ride. I didn’t like dying, and the healing process when they sew your face back on is… unpleasant. Of the two I think dying was the least bad, at least after I came back that part was over. The itching that went with getting my face sewn back on, that lasted for weeks that felt like months with all the drugs I was getting. So while I vehemently oppose MAKING me wear a helmet I wear that BMX helmet every where I ride, except for short rides when I need to have my ears bare to listen to a noise and figure out where it came from so I can fix what’s making the noise.

Sorry TL;DR

]]> By: Anonymous http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54577 Anonymous Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:18:10 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54577 Speaking of mirrors — Chuck "The Mirror Man" Harris of Gambier, Ohio has passed away. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/08/22/gambier-cycling-enthusiast-dies.html First met him at TOSRV in 1975.  Like Yehuda, he was one of a kind. Pedal on, Chuck, now that you're in the land of smooth roads and tailwinds. Speaking of mirrors — Chuck “The Mirror Man” Harris of Gambier, Ohio has passed away.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/08/22/gambier-cycling-enthusiast-dies.html
First met him at TOSRV in 1975.  Like Yehuda, he was one of a kind.
Pedal on, Chuck, now that you’re in the land of smooth roads and tailwinds.

]]> By: Anonymous http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54575 Anonymous Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:13:17 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54575 I think Ill stop wearing a helmet then when/if I get hurt I can sue the state or federal government for not making me one. It seems like a plan! I think Ill stop wearing a helmet then when/if I get hurt I can sue the state or federal government for not making me one. It seems like a plan!

]]> By: Alan http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54583 Alan Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:16:45 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54583 ... and within the forum a link to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY&feature=player_embedded … and within the forum a link to this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY&feature=player_embedded

]]> By: Zorba http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54580 Zorba Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54580 Yea, but its always good for some free entertainment... Yea, but its always good for some free entertainment…

]]> By: Zorba http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54590 Zorba Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:39:20 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54590 Forget it. In a country where you can sue for anything - such as spilling McDonald's coffee on yourself - the Liberal nanny-state types will always flourish. For the record, I wear one - while its still my choice! Forget it. In a country where you can sue for anything – such as spilling McDonald’s coffee on yourself – the Liberal nanny-state types will always flourish. For the record, I wear one – while its still my choice!

]]> By: GVGeorge http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54576 GVGeorge Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:17:12 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54576 I'm a true mugwump on the helmet question but cannot ride in comfort without a mirror clipped to my eyeglasses. I’m a true mugwump on the helmet question but cannot ride in comfort without a mirror clipped to my eyeglasses.

]]> By: Anonymous http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54579 Anonymous Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:36:10 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54579 Agreed! Everybody, please, let's not get into The Great Helmet Debate again. It always ends in a flame war. Agreed! Everybody, please, let’s not get into The Great Helmet Debate again. It always ends in a flame war.

]]> By: ricksterrider http://yehudamoon.com/20120822/#comment-54578 ricksterrider Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:43:58 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/08222012/#comment-54578 Ok, now there are three things you "never talk about" at parties -- politics, religion and HELMETS.... Ok, now there are three things you “never talk about” at parties — politics, religion and HELMETS….

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