Nuxx:C0e95c95-adfd-434a-b7e3-dfa3a76fb401@n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com

Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: USA helmet laws. Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 16:15:32 -0700 (PDT) References: <15CdncAR9YP1LGPUnZ2dnUVZ8gGdnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk>     Lines: 18 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.163.208.50 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1241478932 14775 127.0.0.1 (4 May 2009 23:15:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 23:15:32 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.163.208.50; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2180 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:699508

On May 4, 2:19=A0pm, "Simon Mason"  wrote: > "Jolly Polly"  wrote in message > > news:rJBLl.24850$HC4.858@newsfe14.ams2... > > > > > Having ridden without one, I can tell you its virtually impossible to > > ride at above 40mph and very uncomfortable at speeds approaching that. > > Your eyes constantly stream and a tiny bit of sand in them feels like a > > brick. In order to avoid this you slow down. Put a fullface helmet on, > > and that problem is eliminated and you can dial-in any speed you like > > When I first rode a motorbike, I had an open face helmet on and yes, your > eyes did stream a lot. I can't remember it slowing me down much, but then > again, I was 17 and immortal.

Are you saying that even you were young and foolish once? ;-)