as Stu & Tam have pointed out (maybe they're sitting side by side?)
"Gimme the keyboard!" "No, it's my turn!" "No, MY turn!!"
Maybe hippy just has split personality disorder. He does talk about himself in the 3rd person a lot and he is kinda weird.. hahaha :P
No one seems to have mentioned it yet.. but.. FIT IS IT!!! Make sure whatever you get fits properly!!!
By wary that brands DO change the internal shape of their helmets in different models, ie. the MET Anaxagore has a sharpish point at the back the digs really painfulling into the back of my head whereas the Ippogrifo doesn't have the same mould and fits my boof head much better!
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:51:32 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]>
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I hate it when it rains on me and all the old sweat from my helmet washes down my face and I can taste it. It makes me glad I haven't had my helmet out on loan!
It's much worse when it gets in your eyes.
ARRRGH IT BURNS!!! ZEEZ GOGGLES, ZAY DO NUZINK!
hippy - sweats acid?
Lesson learnt one rainy day 🙂 Now I rinse the pads every few weeks!
Of course, we could go and rescue them, but I am already in my pyjamas
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:51:32 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]>
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I hate it when it rains on me and all the old sweat from my helmet washes down my face and I can taste it. It makes me glad I haven't had my helmet out on loan!
It's much worse when it gets in your eyes.
ARRRGH IT BURNS!!! ZEEZ GOGGLES, ZAY DO NUZINK!
hippy - sweats acid?
Lesson learnt one rainy day 🙂 Now I rinse the pads every few weeks!
Of course, we could go and rescue them, but I am already in my pyjamas[/QUOTE]
Carl Brewer wrote: >>How long do ProRace tyres last in storage? Why did I buy so many!? :S > >not long, give them to me 🙂
Sure.. what's RRP on those? :P
2nd hand, $5 🙂
Oh, didn't I tell you, I opened a shop: "hippy's bikes and parts that are off bikes and even some new stuff that would go on bikes emporium"
The tyres are new, in their packs, special price for you.. $145ea :P
You say you're willing to sell them to me if I pay you $145. I say I'm willing to take them from you if you pay me $130. How about we split the difference -- I'll give you $15. 🙂
-- My Usenet From: address now expires after two weeks. If you email me, and the mail bounces, try changing the bit before the "@ to usenet".
The tyres are new, in their packs, special price for you.. $145ea :P
You say you're willing to sell them to me if I pay you $145. I say I'm willing to take them from you if you pay me $130. How about we split the difference -- I'll give you $15. 🙂
Yeah, I'm happy with that.. postage will be about $200 though.. :P
The tyres are new, in their packs, special price for you.. $145ea :P
You say you're willing to sell them to me if I pay you $145. I say I'm willing to take them from you if you pay me $130. How about we split the difference -- I'll give you $15. 🙂
Yeah, I'm happy with that.. postage will be about $200 though.. :P
In that case, I'll drop by and pick them up.
-- My Usenet From: address now expires after two weeks. If you email me, and the mail bounces, try changing the bit before the "@ to usenet".
>The tyres are new, in their packs, special price for you.. $145ea :P
You say you're willing to sell them to me if I pay you $145. I say I'm willing to take them from you if you pay me $130. How about we split the difference -- I'll give you $15. 🙂
Yeah, I'm happy with that.. postage will be about $200 though.. :P
In that case, I'll drop by and pick them up.
Sorry, I'm an internet store.. no shop-front you see?.. :P
Carl Brewer wrote: > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:51:32 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]> > wrote: > >>I hate it when it rains on me and all the old sweat from my helmet >>washes down my face and I can taste it. It makes me glad I haven't
had
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>>my helmet out on loan! > > It's much worse when it gets in your eyes.
ARRRGH IT BURNS!!! ZEEZ GOGGLES, ZAY DO NUZINK!
hippy - sweats acid?
Lesson learnt one rainy day 🙂 Now I rinse the pads every few weeks!
Of course, we could go and rescue them, but I am already in my pyjamas
The big difference is cheaper helmets have the platic outer stuck on with something resembling electrical tape, whereas the more expensive "in moulded" helmets have the plastic outer moulded into the foam. They may or may not offer more protection but they will remain intact for longer as there's no tape to wear out. As you move up the price range helmets also tend to get lighter and have better ventilation and better harness systems. Most importantly.. they look better :P
And probably give less protection as all the air vents mean less polystyrofoam; to say sothing about objects sticking through the vents.
Peter
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If you are careful enough in life, nothing bad -- or good -- will ever happen to you.
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:56:17 +1000, hippy <[email hidden]> wrote in aus.bicycle:
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As you move up the price range helmets also tend to get lighter and have better ventilation and better harness systems. Most importantly.. they look better :P
A few years back I bought a $25 Twister Helmet from Kmart because it rated as one of the best for ventilation iin some study in Bicycle Australia Mag. The only problem is that on a couple of long rides I ended up up with a sun burnt scalp because the sun got in where the air was supposed to... Perhaps I don't need as much ventilation as people with hair.
Oh yes, the Twister helmet is still going strong! Good value and when you get to my age who cares about style? Mind you it seems no worse than any other helmet I've seen.
"Carl Brewer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:51:32 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]>
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I hate it when it rains on me and all the old sweat from my helmet washes down my face and I can taste it. It makes me glad I haven't had my helmet out on loan!
It's much worse when it gets in your eyes.
Ooh...personal peeve of mine, that. That's about the thing I hate the very most about riding in the rain (which, on the whole, I don't mind much).
It's so true. I had a voucher for a free eyebrow wax from my hair salon (women pay for this normally) and thought, "that sounds cool, I can have sexy eyebrows" (what-EV-er) so got it done a week out from a race. So my eyebrows were a little bit shorter, and that let the sweat trickle around the ends of my brows and down into my eyes. Damn that sucked! Think I got a good time though...
LOL! So I should've shaved my eyebrows and not my legs?!
