I was just looking at some incredible Kris Holm photos, and I was looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth, if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
-David Kaplan
By the way, here are the pics http://community.webshots.com/user/danger_uni
He had to get to the edge of the cliff somehow. He could also fall away from the edge. If, when he fell, he determined that he was going over the edge of the cliff, he could then decide to chuck the helmet and drop the 2000 feet in comfort with the wind in his hair.
LOL!
C
Not that I see myself in a situation such as this, I would keep the helmet
for a few reasons:
I could fall to the non-deadly side, or who knows, maybe fall on the deadly
side, and find a root to grab onto at the last minute. Also, if you always
ride with a helmet, riding without one would feel kinda funny, and maybe
even make you ride differently. And of course, if you’ve got the whole
serious athelte outfit going, you’ve got to complete it – bike pants,
shirt, and knee pads just look silly if you don’t have the helmet to
match 
> I was just looking at some incredible Kris Holm photos, and I was
> looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was
> wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of
> wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth,
> if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my
> helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
> -David Kaplan
> By
> the way, here are the pics
> http://community.webshots.com/user/danger_uni
>
>
>
>
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Hey! I ride with arm pads, gloves, knee and shin pads and no helmet
usually. You bashing the no helmetees? ILL GET YOU GOOD, if only I had
protection from that 20 foot pole your holding… I know, A HELMET! wait a
minute…
Jeff Lutkus wrote:
> Not that I see myself in a situation such as this, I would keep the helmet
> for a few reasons:
>
> I could fall to the non-deadly side, or who knows, maybe fall on the deadly
> side, and find a root to grab onto at the last minute. Also, if you always
> ride with a helmet, riding without one would feel kinda funny, and maybe
> even make you ride differently. And of course, if you’ve got the whole
> serious athelte outfit going, you’ve got to complete it – bike pants,
> shirt, and knee pads just look silly if you don’t have the helmet to
> match
>
> > I was just looking at some incredible Kris Holm photos, and I was
> > looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was
> > wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of
> > wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth,
> > if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my
> > helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
> > -David Kaplan
> > By
> > the way, here are the pics
> > http://community.webshots.com/user/danger_uni
> >
> >
> >
> >
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I think it is worth wearing a helmet anyway.
I usually wear a helmet but this weekend I was going on a ride and it
was -22 c (about –10 F if you are from the USA), so I opted to wear a
warm hat rather then my helmet. Wouldn’t you know it the one & only
time I fell & hit my head I wasn’t wearing my helmet. I was riding
across a lake on an ice bridge (a road made of ice that goes across a
lake). I didn’t think I would need a helmet because I was riding on
the flat ice and I do this almost every day.
You just never know when your helmet will come in handy. If you are
not wearing it (as I was not) by the time you realize you need it, it
will be too late.
Chris Taylor
http://Unicycling.net
dingeman <dingeman@citilink.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1014010110.9542.rsu@unicycling.org>…
> Hey! I ride with arm pads, gloves, knee and shin pads and no helmet
> usually. You bashing the no helmetees? ILL GET YOU GOOD, if only I had
> protection from that 20 foot pole your holding… I know, A HELMET! wait a
> minute…
>
> Jeff Lutkus wrote:
>
> > Not that I see myself in a situation such as this, I would keep the helmet
> > for a few reasons:
> >
> > I could fall to the non-deadly side, or who knows, maybe fall on the deadly
> > side, and find a root to grab onto at the last minute. Also, if you always
> > ride with a helmet, riding without one would feel kinda funny, and maybe
> > even make you ride differently. And of course, if you’ve got the whole
> > serious athelte outfit going, you’ve got to complete it – bike pants,
> > shirt, and knee pads just look silly if you don’t have the helmet to
> > match
> >
> > > I was just looking at some incredible Kris Holm photos, and I was
> > > looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was
> > > wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of
> > > wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth,
> > > if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my
> > > helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
> > > -David Kaplan
> > > By
> > > the way, here are the pics
> > > http://community.webshots.com/user/danger_uni
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > –
> > > UniDak
> > > Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums
>
I think it is worth wearing a helmet anyway.
I usually wear a helmet but this weekend I was going on a ride and it
was -22 c (about –10 F if you are from the USA), so I opted to wear a
warm hat rather then my helmet. Wouldn’t you know it the one & only
time I fell & hit my head I wasn’t wearing my helmet. I was riding
across a lake on an ice bridge (a road made of ice that goes across a
lake). I didn’t think I would need a helmet because I was riding on
the flat ice and I do this almost every day.
You just never know when your helmet will come in handy. If you are
not wearing it (as I was not) by the time you realize you need it, it
will be too late.
Chris Taylor
http://Unicycling.net
dingeman <dingeman@citilink.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1014010110.9542.rsu@unicycling.org>…
> Hey! I ride with arm pads, gloves, knee and shin pads and no helmet
> usually. You bashing the no helmetees? ILL GET YOU GOOD, if only I had
> protection from that 20 foot pole your holding… I know, A HELMET! wait a
> minute…
>
> Jeff Lutkus wrote:
>
> > Not that I see myself in a situation such as this, I would keep the helmet
> > for a few reasons:
> >
> > I could fall to the non-deadly side, or who knows, maybe fall on the deadly
> > side, and find a root to grab onto at the last minute. Also, if you always
> > ride with a helmet, riding without one would feel kinda funny, and maybe
> > even make you ride differently. And of course, if you’ve got the whole
> > serious athelte outfit going, you’ve got to complete it – bike pants,
> > shirt, and knee pads just look silly if you don’t have the helmet to
> > match
> >
> > > I was just looking at some incredible Kris Holm photos, and I was
> > > looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was
> > > wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of
> > > wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth,
> > > if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my
> > > helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
> > > -David Kaplan
> > > By
> > > the way, here are the pics
> > > http://community.webshots.com/user/danger_uni
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > –
> > > UniDak
> > > Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums
>
Funny that you mention this. My collegue (who I dragged into
unicycling) has this very picture on his office wall, printed on A4.
And we have made fun about exactly this issue!
Klaas Bil
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:37:40 +0000 (UTC), UniDak
<forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote:
>I was just looking at some incredible Kris Holm photos, and I was
>looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was
>wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of
>wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth,
>if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my
>helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
>-David Kaplan
>By
>the way, here are the pics
>http://community.webshots.com/user/danger_uni
>
>
>
>
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> looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was
> wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of
> wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth,
> if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my
> helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
I would worry about bowel control.
But of course he should be wearing a helmet. In any fall he survives, the
helmet will protect him. Such as falling backwards and landing on the rock
(without going over the edge).
Somehow I can’t see Kris doing that though…
JF
> looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was
> wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of
> wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth,
> if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my
> helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
I would worry about bowel control.
But of course he should be wearing a helmet. In any fall he survives, the
helmet will protect him. Such as falling backwards and landing on the rock
(without going over the edge).
Somehow I can’t see Kris doing that though…
JF
> looking at a pic of him on the edge of a REALLY high cliff. He was
> wearing a helmet. Dont take this the wrong way, I AM in favor of
> wearing a helmet, but I doubt it would help him if he fell. In truth,
> if i was in his pposition, I’d rather worry about me wheel, than my
> helmet strap being too tight. Any other opinions?
I would worry about bowel control.
But of course he should be wearing a helmet. In any fall he survives, the
helmet will protect him. Such as falling backwards and landing on the rock
(without going over the edge).
Somehow I can’t see Kris doing that though…
JF