[*BCM*] This Saturday: Bike the Seven (Or More) Hills of Somerville

[Jack Zarkauskas]

OK jb - let's move on from the helmet talk and now you should provide the
other useful information that you suggest we should know.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:05 AM, jb fentner <symboliceon at hotmail.com> wrote:

> yea, but that's what fuckin' grinds my gears. saying that cyclists "should"
> sport helmets in this town in any situation isn't helping anything. in that
> sense you're not saying anything. wearing a helmet isn't going to prevent a
> bus from sneaking up on your left and clipping you.. wearing a helmet isn't
> going to make you more aware of what you need to look for in order to avoid
> getting doored.. wearing a helmet certainly won't help you out at all in
> many situations where basic knowledge will save your ass.
> regarding the events.. cyclists all over boston vary in their experience. i
> mean, really, girls on beach cruisers? c'mooon. some folks just don't get
> how hellaciously dangerous it is until they get hurt. some of them get
> really hurt. some of them end up dead.
>
> all i'm proposing is spreading information.. just basic shit that will
> prevent lives lost. wearing a helmet will not save your life if you don't
> know what you're doing and end up in a situation that could've been avoived
> with a lil bit of knowledge.
>
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> > From: rnewman at thecia.net
> > To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> > Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:33:51 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [*BCM*] This Saturday: Bike the Seven (Or More) Hills of
> Somerville
>
> >
> > I'm puzzled by the hostile reaction to my simple Somerville Bicycle
> > Committee event announcement, especially since I've posted many
> > similar announcements here in the past without comment.
> >
> > We didn't say that riders "must" wear helmets, we said they "should",
> > leaving it up to the reader whether to disregard this advice. Our
> > events attract riders with a wide variety of cycling experience, and
> > this ride in particular included several steep descents. We felt it
> > was prudent to recommend helmets so that riders would reduce their
> > risk from accidental falls.
> >
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