Bicycle Helmets when you grew up

[CountDeMoney]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyEgOxgtKQg

Oh snap, dawg, no you didn't get my attention with "Related Links". 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYm4C1js_l0&feature=related

Now that's what the fuck I'm talking about.

[sbr]

35 and no way, never even heard of one back then.  We did more crazy stuff on our Big Wheels, before we had bikes.

[Ed Anger]

Big Wheels. 

Curb jumping extreme!

[sbr]

We lived in a pretty hilly area.  There was one really steep street, the top was a dead end and at the bottom was a t intersection with another residential street.  We would go to the top of that street on our Big Wheels and come screaming down the hill, with feet up, and shoot across the other street, with no flaggers or spotters, hit the curb and fly into my next door neighbors yard.  It was fun for a few weeks until a stupid adult saw what we were doing and had a conniption fit and told our parents.

[Ed Anger]

Damn old people. 

[alfred russel]

We lived in a pretty hilly area.  There was one really steep street, the top was a dead end and at the bottom was a t intersection with another residential street.  We would go to the top of that street on our Big Wheels and come screaming down the hill, with feet up, and shoot across the other street, with no flaggers or spotters, hit the curb and fly into my next door neighbors yard.  It was fun for a few weeks until a stupid adult saw what we were doing and had a conniption fit and told our parents.

We we were kids we decided to become parachutists. We practiced our skills for a few days by jumping from very low tree limbs with grocery bags held over our heads. No one was injured, so obviously our skills were sound.

We then decided to go to the next level. We made a parachute with a bookbag and a sheet tied inside. The concept was to jump from a tall tree (probably about 25 ft), unzip the bookbag, and then parachute safely to the ground. One of my friends was climbing the tree for the moment of glory, when his idiot father looked out the window and shut it down while freaking out, obviously not appreciating our da vinci like genius and design.

The poll isn't what I expected--we are older than I thought, and I figured most young people use helmets.

[Tonitrus]

I remember constructing suits of armor from cardboard boxes and duct tape, then beating each other with rolled up newspaper swords.

[DontSayBanana]

Bicycle helmets never fit me right, so I didn't bother.  As far as beatings for appearances, my white, blue, and purple Huffy bicycle did a lot more to earn me beatings than a dorky helmet ever would.

[Tonitrus]

Actually, come to think, the only serious accident I ever had on a bicycle as a kid on my BMX would have been better with heavy duty boots.  It had those serrated-kind of pedals (probably for better grip), and once going down a hill, I took my feet off...the pedals kept spinning, and when I stupidly try to put my feet back on, and it tore a good chunk out of my left ankle.  The doctor said it was a good thing I was a fat kid, as that was about all it tore out. 

[DontSayBanana]

Actually, come to think, the only serious accident I ever had on a bicycle as a kid on my BMX would have been better with heavy duty boots.  It had those serrated-kind of pedals (probably for better grip), and once going down a hill, I took my feet off...the pedals kept spinning, and when I stupidly try to put my feet back on, and it tore a good chunk out of my left ankle.  The doctor said it was a good thing I was a fat kid, as that was about all it tore out. 

I used to ride a bicycle, then I took a spoke to the knee.

[mongers]

I remember constructing suits of armor from cardboard boxes and duct tape, then beating each other with rolled up newspaper swords.

Enough about your date last week, what did you do as a child.

[11B4V]

We we were kids we decided to become parachutists. We practiced our skills for a few days by jumping from very low tree limbs with grocery bags held over our heads. No one was injured, so obviously our skills were sound.

How is putting a gorcery bag over your head going to slow your rate of descent??

[Maladict]

No, nobody wears a helmet here. Bicycles have de facto right of way over everything (pedestrians, cars, zebra crossings, traffic lights).
Besides, unless you're old it's pretty hard to hurt yourself at such slow speeds.

I do wear a helmet every time I'm on the racing bike, and I won't ride with anyone who doesn't.

[11B4V]

No, nobody wears a helmet here. Bicycles have de facto right of way over everything (pedestrians, cars, zebra crossings, traffic lights).

Where's this Utopia? Hippieland. 

[CountDeMoney]

No, nobody wears a helmet here. Bicycles have de facto right of way over everything (pedestrians, cars, zebra crossings, traffic lights).

Where's this Utopia? Hippieland. 

That's OK, they still can't out-legislate basic physics.  4 wheels good, 2 wheels bad.