helmet

My comrade O’Brien would be proud of this. A first class piece of doublethink that encapsulates two apparently contradictory ideas. Yet by an act of will, you can see what you know to be the truth - irrespective of what’s before your eyes. Doublethink is the ability to find evidence for what...
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This week’s caption contest features some Australian law-breaking - a guy using a bike without a helmet (Gasp!): See what you can make of this photo - it’s just begging to have a caption added. You can enter our competion by leaving a comment below. This week though, everyone’s a winner . Yes that’s right! Whether...
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We’ve negotiated flexi-time at work! This means that as I work really very hard indeed (you just can’t do enough for a good boss*), I’m effectively getting an EXTRA 24 days holiday a year. Technically, that means I have enough holiday to take 52 days a year off. Tempting . . . but not...
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This video via Imagine No Cars : Bicycles For Kids And Those Who Haven’t Grow Up The trouble would be trying to frame the legislation to take account of these sorts of antics. It would have to be something like… All cyclists must wear an approved helmet if attempting crazy manoeuvres / jumps / stunts. This...
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Cycling safety is a pretty emotive issue. If you want to start a bun fight though, you’ve got to use the H-word: Helmet People say that helmets are just another part of the Culture of Fear that’s used to dissuade people off their bikes, and into nice, safe cars. Others point out that if you fall...
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I’ve had an unusual week. Full of highs and lows. On the plus side . . . My ride to work on Wednesday was just brilliant, despite the weather’s attempt to rain on that particular parade. And as I explained to the people from Sustrans - my skin’s waterproof. On that ride . . . I...
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This week saw spring doing it’s thing here. By that I mean it was cold, with lots of April showers. Anyway, this photo from Marc over at Amsterdamize seems particularly apt for the sort of weather I wish we were having all day, every day - if only it were more like this!. See what...
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If you come here often, you’ll probably know that I’m far from pro-helmet, and absolutely 100% anti helmet compulsion. Basically, the protection offered by bicycle helmets is fairly marginal in situations other than static falls (which is how they’re tested), and I’m a firm believer that compulsion does more to paint an image of...
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OK, so here’s the Prisoners’ Dilemma: Two guys are arrested on suspicion of being the pair behind an armed bank robbery. The investigating officer is cunning though, and separates them, making each an identical offer: Confess to the robbery, and thus provide the evidence to put your accomplice away for a long stretch, and we can...
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The hot spring news is that over in Copenhagen, they’ve just got their first bicycle police unit (I know - talk about ironic!) The photos of bicycle police posted on Copenhagenize.com got me wondering what bicycle police look like all over the world . . . so I did a trawl through Flickr’s Creative Commons...
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