ChromeChainstay
Retro Guru
after a flat, rolling a spare tubular tire in a corner
Code of the road.
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minor_LEGEND
Senior Retro Guru
I tend to acknowledge oncoming cyclists that wear a helmet. That is my way of identifying who is keen & who just happens to use a bicycle as a means of getting from A to B.
No helmet, no wave. (that's me advocating for road safety)
No helmet, no wave. (that's me advocating for road safety)
dorset boy
Senior Retro Guru
I do 4 to 5 thousand miles a year of "keen" cycling and i don't need flashing lights either ! And i put my hand up to everyone.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
+1 here too. I use flashing lights at night thoughI do 4 to 5 thousand miles a year of "keen" cycling and i don't need flashing lights either ! And i put my hand up to everyone.
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jim haseltine
Senior Retro Guru
I've worn a helmet since I was nearly killed in 1999 and I suspect one saved my life during lockdown. I've used a flashing rear light during daylight for about 10 years. I regularly see (and greet) 2 or 3 veteran road men riding without helmets - I think they're foolish but their life - their choice.
bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
I stopped riding a motorcycle - much more dangerous.
Like descending the stairs.
I dont wear a helmet pootling round town or the village, but if I'm venturing off road or planning on picking up speed I do.
As a rule, cycling health benefits are 10x the risk, and interestingly here in SW UK, cycling is as risky as walking per km.
Let's keep thinking and keep choosing.
Like descending the stairs.
I dont wear a helmet pootling round town or the village, but if I'm venturing off road or planning on picking up speed I do.
As a rule, cycling health benefits are 10x the risk, and interestingly here in SW UK, cycling is as risky as walking per km.
Let's keep thinking and keep choosing.
How do you define keen? Someone who adopts a race position on a £5k bike with a snazzy lid in nice weather or someone who commutes every day in all weathers on a £500 bike but wears a cagoule and balaclava.
dorset boy
Senior Retro Guru
Not "keen" but enjoying themselves,lot's of waving, shouting and bell ringing.
minor_LEGEND
Senior Retro Guru
I don't care. It's my kinda metric for identifying a responsible cyclist in my eyes. Of course I am polite enough to acknowledge others in the lanes (perhaps a couple on hybrids) but then yocals on a clapped-out MTB pedalling with their knees pointed out & their face buried in a smart phone screen get ignored. I am not rude but in my mind I can't be waving & gesturing to every 2 wheeled traveller in the country. On the whole I acknowledge more cyclists than do me.
I see a lot of cyclists that actually don't wear their helmet but choose to dangle it from the handlebars probably opting to put it on before they have an accident. In the 90's as a teenager I only wore a lid when off-road. Helmets are widely accepted & commonplace 30 odd years later, so I am of the opinion most people ought to wear one for most journeys. I would not participate in a ride with someone that doesn't, I won't be hanging round to be scooping up brain cells off the road.
jim haseltine
Senior Retro Guru
One day some time ago I had a doctor's appointment first thing in the day. As the surgery is only a mile or so away and it was rush hour I decided to use a bike and leave it at my partner's place nearby. While cycling there I felt that something was wrong but couldn't put my finger on it until I arrived and tried to take off the helmet that I wasn't wearing.....
