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Julia said:
You are in the "General Chat" forum.
Most of us have a sense of humour.
Good luck getting through life without such a characteristic.
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I do have a sense of humour - for instance, I find your characterising me as quite funny. Nothing funny about not wearing bicycle helmets however...
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
I do wish your mum had not stopped breastfeeding.

I think bicycle helmets are hilarious.

gg
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More of these assumptions, wow. Are they meant to be insults too :eek:

Let me try...erm...I think your face is hilarious? Your stupidity? Your inadequacy as a human being? Not sure how well I did, pick one.
 
Starcraftmazter said:
More of these assumptions, wow. Are they meant to be insults too :eek:

Let me try...erm...I think your face is hilarious? Your stupidity? Your inadequacy as a human being? Not sure how well I did, pick one.
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There is a difference between the obtuse and the direct. The difference is often subtle, but is quantum in potential reactions from moderators.

You've been cut a fair amount of slack because of the subject matter... but just saying.. use pejorative a bit more subtley() ;)
 
IFocus said:
Haven't read the thread (apologies GG's) but have been watching the http://www.letour.fr/us/index.html Evans still 2 minutes plus out from the front oh and lots of helmets.
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Ah Letour, gauloise, gitane, wenches, vin ordinaire and lycra.

At those speeds, I would allow a helmet, as long as it was voluntary.

But for the ordinary French head of he IMF type, only while abed, to protect the wallpaper.

gg
 
From the Graudian, a left wing in your face population controlling rag.

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These three thespians are setting off on a tour of Lavender Hill in London, July 2011.

Note the absence of lycra and foam head gear.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2011/jul/27/lavender-hill-mob-cycle-tour-video

Cannot Australia's controlling and mothering luvvies, not follow suit.

gg
 
There is a poll on ABC The Drum as to whether bicycle helmets should be worn on National Ride to Work Day.

The logical bike riders who abhor helmets are ahead 52% to 48% after 3290 votes.

Vote now.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/thedrum/

It is in the lower right hand area surrounded by leftist propaganda.

gg
 
I've just voted and note that, although it's two hours on from your post, gg, the % is still 52% to 48%. Seems a bit odd.
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
There is a poll on ABC The Drum as to whether bicycle helmets should be worn on National Ride to Work Day.

The logical bike riders who abhor helmets are ahead 52% to 48% after 3290 votes.

Vote now.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/thedrum/

It is in the lower right hand area surrounded by leftist propaganda.

gg
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Julia said:
I've just voted and note that, although it's two hours on from your post, gg, the % is still 52% to 48%. Seems a bit odd.
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It is a bit odd. The ABC wouldn't stack a poll that proposed freedom of thought, so it may just be co-incidence.

gg
 
The Brisbane experiment with free bicycles has foundered.

They know not what why.

It is because people have to wear helmets.

They should look to Europe.

Bicycle helmets kill by discouraging folk from riding bicycles.

BRISBANE'S beleaguered bike hire scheme is still struggling to attract subscribers, despite dropping its prices in August.

CityCycle patronage figures were released by Brisbane City Council Tuesday night, revealing the scheme had 2562 annual subscribers in October.

But only 56 new annual subscriptions were received that month.

Despite the low subscriber numbers, monthly CityCycle trips increased significantly after the council and commercial operator JC Decaux slashed daily subscriptions from $11 to $2, and introduced a weekly subscription for $11, on August 26.

Residents and tourists hired CityCycle bikes 10,908 times in October, up from 8194 in August.

September was the most popular month for the scheme, with 11,326 trips recorded.

Public and Active Transport chairman Julian Simmonds said there had been a 72 per cent increase in bike hire use since council had reduced the price structure.

"We made the changes because we wanted more people to use CityCycle and these figures show they certainly are."

Labor lord mayoral candidate Ray Smith said the scheme had been poorly implemented and measures to boost subscriber numbers were not working.

Smith said he would seek to renegotiate the bike hire contract with JC Decaux, but would not detail any potential savings for ratepayers.
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/.../story-e6freoof-1226216562595?from=public_rss

gg
 
round the bay in a day is selling fast, so the lycra speeding foam heads will be strutting their stuff for charity yet again. helmet are good for mounting cameras, this youtube clip of a cyclist in melbourne bears testament on how useful the helmet is in a crash scenario, as any cyclist knows, cars are the natural enemy of the cyclist and drivers will get, even if your the only one out there like the youtube clip demonstrates..!! i would never ride without one, i have seen too many cars crunch cyclists myself, the last one was a chick that this guy took out, she ended up in hospital, and she was unconscious when we looked after her until the ambulance arrived, i ended up taking the drivers coat off him and wrapped her in it as it was a freezing morning, the good thing was it kept her warm, and her blood stained the coat so much it was something he never would be wearing again.. the cops nailed him bigtime for running her down. without her helmet she would have had more severe head trauma than she sustained, but she regained consciousness just as the medics arrived.. ride safe and keep those helmets on out there!!
 
The piccy below was taken during the period when the bike lane was operational.
We do have more than our quota of special needs drivers in SA though.

Cars are not the problem, the clowns that get a licence when they are sixteen and then spend the rest of their lives endangering others with their ignorance are the problem.

(and a pic of a pic of me with my helmet on :D ;) )
 

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I still reckon bicycle helmets are killers.

How many folk don't ride their bikes anymore because of them. They get fat and then die from thrombosis.

The lycra mob are just loonies, speeding around, pissing everyone off with their antics at speed.

People should be allowed ride bicycles in a relaxed manner without bicycle helmets as they can in Amsterdam, Paris and London.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
I still reckon bicycle helmets are killers.

How many folk don't ride their bikes anymore because of them. They get fat and then die from thrombosis.
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I have sympathy for the point GG is making.

However yesterday I managed to have my second helmet breaking accident after a driver didn't see me.

There's many sides to the argument, but after a bit of experience helmets are not optional for me or my family even if they were optional by law.


I can recall helmets becoming compulsory when I was a kid and not being overly impressed, so I guess if helmets were optional there would have at least been a time in my life when I would have not worn one. I'm glad somebody forced me into the habit of wearing a helmet.

I suspect there is many other aspects bigger then compulsory wearing of helmets that impact on developing a more generalist bike culture in Aus.
 
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