Helmets again, I'm afraid, but more of a personal perspective than anything else, brought on by reflecting that I have been drawn into spending time that I would rather spend on my bike, working against legions of non- cyclists who want to force us all to wear plastic hats because they think cycling is dangerous, not that they do it themselves at all.
Now if only we could persuade the BBC to include that, and cyclehelmets.org, in their related links whenever they publish a helmet story.
I don't want to sound like I'm stating the obvious - but have you actually asked them?
Also - perhaps you could learn lessons from how P**l Sm*th managed it from previous articles on the site?
Of course, it might be that Guy and most of the anti- compulsion lobby are thinking about things sensibly - something which simply isn't fashionable in these days of extremist politics :-(
I don't want to sound like I'm stating the obvious - but have you actually asked them?
Nope, because at the time I simply couldn't be bothered to draft an appropriately worded e-mail. And I still can't. But maybe later I will. Probably when there is a specific new story that I think it's worth sending the suggestion in response to. There's bound to be something over Bike Week.
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Of course, it might be that Guy and most of the anti- compulsion lobby are thinking about things sensibly - something which simply isn't fashionable in these days of extremist politics :-(
They started pedalling gently down the quiet lane leading to reason, but recently they appear to be bombing down their own motorway bypass around reason towards the overpopulated county of extremism. -- "I would recommend Iowa or North Dakota for your dip into reality." - Ed Dolan in alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
