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Tom Sherman
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[email protected] aka Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On Dec 10, 7:16 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Ouch. Not physically, but financially. I've broken two Giro Atmos helmets in
>> crashes this year. First one happened when my son did something screwy while
>> descending, causing me to run into his rear wheel and off the road into the
>> culvert, where I flipped over and landed on my bike. Thankfully just a
>> couple little bruises, that's all. Oh, plus a cracked helmet.
>
> Yep. They're fragile, all right!
>
>> Then yesterday
>> I'm riding the "punchbowl" (a dried-up reservoir with steep sides that you
>> can ride down into and up the other side... lots of fun!) and didn't quite
>> get the speed right to land on the 4-ft-wide berm, causing me to grab a bit
>> more front brake than I should have (to keep from going over the other
>> side). I, fortunately, didn't go over the other side, but the bike went over
>> me after I did a flip over the bars that my kids thought rather funny. And
>> cracked another helmet.
>>
>> Last time I damaged a helmet was maybe 25 years ago. Not a good trend! :>)
>
> Were you doing those kinds of stunts 25 years ago?
>
> Your riding style and mine seem much different. I tend to avoid the
> kind of riding that makes wearing a helmet seem logical. As a bonus,
> I seem to avoid scraped knees, broken collarbones, damaged bike parts,
> etc.
>
> IOW, I don't "risk compensate" myself into those problems.
To add some fuel to the fire, I will mention that "going over the bars"
is EXTREMELY unlikely on a proper recumbent bicycle.
--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature
differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart
excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter
> On Dec 10, 7:16 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Ouch. Not physically, but financially. I've broken two Giro Atmos helmets in
>> crashes this year. First one happened when my son did something screwy while
>> descending, causing me to run into his rear wheel and off the road into the
>> culvert, where I flipped over and landed on my bike. Thankfully just a
>> couple little bruises, that's all. Oh, plus a cracked helmet.
>
> Yep. They're fragile, all right!
>
>> Then yesterday
>> I'm riding the "punchbowl" (a dried-up reservoir with steep sides that you
>> can ride down into and up the other side... lots of fun!) and didn't quite
>> get the speed right to land on the 4-ft-wide berm, causing me to grab a bit
>> more front brake than I should have (to keep from going over the other
>> side). I, fortunately, didn't go over the other side, but the bike went over
>> me after I did a flip over the bars that my kids thought rather funny. And
>> cracked another helmet.
>>
>> Last time I damaged a helmet was maybe 25 years ago. Not a good trend! :>)
>
> Were you doing those kinds of stunts 25 years ago?
>
> Your riding style and mine seem much different. I tend to avoid the
> kind of riding that makes wearing a helmet seem logical. As a bonus,
> I seem to avoid scraped knees, broken collarbones, damaged bike parts,
> etc.
>
> IOW, I don't "risk compensate" myself into those problems.
To add some fuel to the fire, I will mention that "going over the bars"
is EXTREMELY unlikely on a proper recumbent bicycle.
--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature
differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart
excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter