To the cyclist on the yellow and black Carrera

[gaz]

Digging a hole without the appropriate safety equipment

without the appropriate tools as well.

 

[jamsarnie]

Well mine is steel...

Steel forks do not a steel bike make...

http://www.muddyfox.com/milano_carva_2008.html

 

[NormanD]

OMG! ... I'm off to rub faces with all the sick people in the "report sick thread". ... less pain to bare reading in There.

 

[col]

It livens a crap saturday evening on the telly up a bit though

 

[Red Light]

Oh dear, oh dear, look what's on those Matthew_T pedals:

 

[col]

In what way dont helmets work? (off to get more popcorn)

 

[HLaB]

In what way dont helmets work? (off to get more popcorn)

Some of them have got big holes in them, so they are no good for keeping your head warm? (Can I have some of your Popcorn)

 

[col]

Some of them have got big holes in them, so they are no good for keeping your head warm? (Can I have some of your Popcorn)

Sure

 

[HovR]

Came here to comment on the toe clips/straps thing, but it looks like compo and oldfatfool have already beat me to it!

 

[TheDoctor]

Well, I did actually have a serious bike-related injury a few years back. I got home, hot and knackered after a fast and hilly 50 miles, and went and had a bath.
I fell asleep. I woke up, rather cold and some considerable time later, and got out of the bath, totally missing the bath mat. Slipped, fell, dislocated my shoulder. I maintain that it was as a direct result of the cycling that I had three weeks off work sick while the TdF was on...
If only I had been wearing a helmet!!
(Although it would have made washing my hair a bit tricky)
Actually, I say I should have been wearing a helmet - perhaps cleats on my bathroom floor would have helped more. Dangerous stuff, vinyl.

 

[Bluenite]

Please don't turn into one of these.

 

[Bluenite]

PS Wales is an awsome place to ride, you're lucky Mr T.

 

[steveindenmark]

Matthew,

I won`t tell you what bike to buy, where to ride, who to ride with etc, etc, etc. I will not even use your tax money to get myself stitched up if I ever fall off my bike. I am 54 and I still have no cycling injuries.

But all I ask is one thing of you and that is to respect other peoples decisions not to wear a helmet. I don`t want you to be concerned for me and by the look of it neither does anyone else.

When you next see the word helmet just ignore it, don`t think you have to save the world.

TAKE THE HINT.

If helmets are so essential for safety. Why do most most cyclists in places like Holland and Denmark not use them?

Steve

 

[Red Light]

If helmets are so essential for safety. Why do most most cyclists in places like Holland and Denmark not use them?

 

[addictfreak]

I understand that you may have felt the need to catch up to me when we met at Asda in Kimnel Bay, but that does not permit you to be very close to my rear wheel and nearly rear end me when we both turned right left onto the prom.
You may have thought that you were considerably faster than me, but as you noticed from your frequent shoulder checks, you did not drop me.
Another point is that yes, you may have lushious locks of wavey hair, but that does not replace a helmet.

I suspect you were a first-time cyclist as you had toe straps on your pedals, you were not the most stable of people, and you only had running shorts and top on.

Tips for the future:
I dont mind being drafted, just not that close unless I am with a large group.
You did good at filtering at the traffic lights but you need to hurry up and get to the ASZ before you get caught out, I had to slow down behind you.
You were doing a decent speed (17-18 mph) but try to change your positioning for junctions (you need to indicate and take primary).

On the up note, I was happy to see someone else in shorts on a bit of a cold day, and I would have happily SCR you up to where you seemed to pull in, I do hope I see you so that I could give you some encouragement but I suspect that you are on here as a bike just like your was advertised here recently.

No wonder you have so many incidents when your out and about. Time for an attitude adjustment, before someone gives you a clip round the ear!