tiberio@seismo.UUCP (Mike Tiberio) (05/11/84)
<Replace this line with your message> Being an expert rider does not imply one is an expert crasher. Wearing a helmet is not going to guarantee you will feel any better after a crash. As a survivor of scores of bicycle and motorcycle crashes, I can say that my helmet got used in perhaps three of my crashes, and then only superficially. Learn to crash, you would be amazed at how fast the human mind reacts. During accidents I feel like I'm in slow motion and have plenty of time to set up my fall. Don't get me wrong I own 6 motorcycle helmets: 2 full face, 2 open face, one shorty and one leather (for helmet optional states). I have never worn a helmet on a bicycle, and doubt I ever will. Just because one so called expert rider ends up a veg because he hits a pothole out in the country is no reason for me to get a helmet. PLEASE KEEP YOUR HORROR STORIES TO YOURSELF. seismo!tiberio
bill@utastro.UUCP (05/12/84)
> Being an expert rider does not imply one is an expert crasher. Wearing > a helmet is not going to guarantee you will feel any better after a crash. > As a survivor of scores of bicycle and motorcycle crashes, I can say that my > helmet got used in perhaps three of my crashes, and then only superficially. > Learn to crash, you would be amazed at how fast the human mind reacts. > During accidents I feel like I'm in slow motion and have plenty of time to > set up my fall. Don't get me wrong I own 6 motorcycle helmets: 2 full face, > 2 open face, one shorty and one leather (for helmet optional states). I have > never worn a helmet on a bicycle, and doubt I ever will. Just because one > so called expert rider ends up a veg because he hits a pothole out in the > country is no reason for me to get a helmet. PLEASE KEEP YOUR HORROR STORIES > TO YOURSELF. > > seismo!tiberio Bravo, seismo!tiberio !!! A brilliant satire on the bikie who has crashed once too often without a helmet. Kudos!! -- Bill Jefferys 8-% Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (USnail) {ihnp4,kpno,ctvax}!ut-sally!utastro!bill (uucp) utastro!bill@ut-ngp (ARPANET)
an@hou2h.UUCP (A.NGUYEN) (05/15/84)
-- > seismo!tiberio: > Being an expert rider does not imply one is an expert crasher. Wrong! Just ask Dave "Rubber Ball" Aldana, Jack "Jumping Jack" Middleburg, and numerous other racers. These guys probably fell off more times than *you* have swung a leg over a *real* bike. Good riders *KNOW* how to step off. My friend Mike Streett fell off his CB1100F at Bridgehampton in the last race last season. He came around Turn 12 at 120 mph only to find a fallen rider and bike in the racing line. His leather suit got rubbed pretty thin, first on one side, then the other. He turned over during the slide to avoid wearing thru the suit in one place. Mike got up and walked away, shaken but OK. > Wearing a helmet is not going to guarantee you will feel any better > after a crash. How fast are you going?! You must have fell off in the parking lot or something, right?!!! My brother fell off three times. He suffered concussions twice. His Bell TourStar did the job and Andy is still with us today. > Don't get me wrong I own 6 motorcycle helmets: 2 full face, 2 open > face, one shorty and one leather (for helmet optional states). Sell your shorty to the CHIPS costume people and donate your leather helmet to a museum. > Just because one so called expert rider ends up a veg because he hits > a pothole out in the country is no reason for me to get a helmet. > PLEASE KEEP YOUR HORROR STORIES TO YOURSELF. Wrong again! Expert riders don't fall off when they hit potholes in the country, in the city, or in parking lots! Please keep *YOUR* horror stories to yourself. Au "Football players wear 'em to face 300 lbs linebackers. If *you* think you can face Oscar Grope in a 3000 lbs Buick without one, you are FULL-BLOWN GONZO CRAZY!!!"