The New Rules!

[BikeNY]

I'll just leave this here with no comment for now:

https://www.outsideonline.com/240069...srPT2u_8Vkpf6I

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by BikeNY

I'll just leave this here with no comment for now:

https://www.outsideonline.com/240069...srPT2u_8Vkpf6I

popcorn out, feet up....

[bicycletricycle]

I don't understand why you need to wear a helmet on a group ride.

[mjb266]

I dig it...sounds like a guy who's ridden a few miles, and had time to think about what's truly important.

[denapista]

What's the consensus on "Always waving at other cyclists"?

I once saw a funny sticker in SF "Just because we both ride bikes that doesn't make us friends.”.

[mjb266]

Originally Posted by bicycletricycle

I don't understand why you need to wear a helmet on a group ride.

Other people don't want to feel responsible for your TBI when they inadvertently crash you. They aren't 100% responsible, but it alleviates worries they will have to scrape your twitching corpse off the tarmac.

[Dead Man]

Originally Posted by mjb266

Other people don't want to feel responsible for your TBI when they inadvertently crash you. They aren't 100% responsible, but it alleviates worries they will have to scrape your twitching corpse off the tarmac.

nah- other people don't want their anxieties devalued by someone who doesn't share them. it's uncomfortably pride-threatening.

[beeatnik]

It's two things. Culture and Liability. If dudes expect you to wear a helmet, wear a helmet. It's not like there are any rules against wearing jorts or tank tops. Wear and ride what you want, but wear a helmet. As for liability, municipalities who deploy costly resources when responding to crashes on group rides expect all participants to use all the necessary safety equipment, ie, helmets.

[bicycletricycle]

Originally Posted by mjb266

Other people don't want to feel responsible for your TBI when they inadvertently crash you. They aren't 100% responsible, but it alleviates worries they will have to scrape your twitching corpse off the tarmac.

I think this is probably the best argument. I just don't agree with it. I have to wear something because of your emotional fragility?

[donevwil]

Even triathletes? No way!

[bicycletricycle]

Originally Posted by donevwil

Even triathletes? No way!

Shock horror, I even wave to people on skateboards and rollerblades, I even wave to people in cars

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by bicycletricycle

I think this is probably the best argument. I just don't agree with it. I have to wear something because of your emotional fragility?

Little of that, a lot of some folks would rather not watch someone die in the street on a group ride due to a preventable TBI.

Therapy and prescription drugs are hella expensive.

[GOTHBROOKS]

uh oh, cookie man said “butthurt”.

[Matthew]

If you don't wear a helmet and you go down that's on you. Everyone knows the inherent risks of riding, especially in group rides. It's a matter of when, not if.

[vqdriver]

music was annoying. list starts at 1:05 if you want, but here's the break down:

1 - have fun
2 - wear what you want
3 - nothing on your bike/body has to match
4 - gran fondo something......
5 - pedestrians > cyclists > cars - obey traffic laws
6 - wave
7 - helmets on group rides, otherwise you do you
8 - strava - don't get butthurt
9 - don't litter
10 - don't have to ride if you don't wanna
11 - don't be a jerk