Recently I bought my darling wife a bike from Wal-Mart. And we knew that it would need some work, because you get what you pay for. So I brought it home and set about straightening the wheels, which were wobbly.
I looked up "how to true a bicycle wheel" on Google, and found http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/index.htm. It has LOTS of bicycling information, including repair information. I found it very useful.
I also found a page where he argued that he didn't like to wear a helmet.
And then I noticed that he was dead. Not that wearing a helmet would have saved him, in his case.
I found it interesting that years after his death, Ken could still dispense advice and help people, through the grace of his friends who keep his website running.
(In the end, we returned the bike to Wal-Mart and bought a much better one. Which we have yet to ride, because we've been too busy. But that's another post for another day, during which we should be riding.)
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- I am an alien here on this little planet. I've been sent to learn about life here, to observe people and things around me, and to become a better entity by applying the lessons that I learn here. I've chosen the name "Marvin the Martian" because he is familiar to many, and the Martian mindset isn't expected to be similar to a human's. Thank you for stopping by to read this little blog. I hope you'll come back.
2008-07-09
Advice from a dead man
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6 comments:
How do we know that he wouldn't have survived if he had worn a helmet? I didn't see in the article where it described what injuries killed him.
I don't ride without a helmet and neither do my children. My one bike accident resulted in a concussion. But it was just a fall, not being hit.
My brother was hit by a car. His accident resulted in a mouth full of damaged & lost teeth. He was told he probably would have died without the helmet.
I tell my kids that if I catch them riding without helmets, they lose their bikes.
Lara: I don't know, the article only says the drunk driver was speeding. Every 10 mph more will double your kinetic energy, right? Speeding car = death to a bicyclist, to me.
I was hit at 5 mph and it broke my foot. I wasn't wearing a helmet either. But now I do.
You're a good parent to your kids!
Good luck with the bike riding, great exercise, used to do it everyday, my Dad still does at 84 and does wear a helmet as do I.
Funny it doesn't say whether or not he was wearing a helmet when he was hit, I guess not, and probably the reason for his passing.
I didn’t know they sold extensions for foot pedals…
hmmm...learn something new every day…..
I could do serious damage to myself and others on a bike.
Enjoy.
I don't understand people who are anti-helmet. You'd think protecting your scull would be priority one. After all, your BRAIN is in there!
I'll just never get that. Thank GOD for parents that MAKE their kids wear helmets because I see kids all the time who don't.
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