human909 wrote:
Are you kidding me? Our bodies and reactions are designed to protect the head from falls.
So just who is this grand designer ? Do you have any scientific evidence to support
your design claim ?
Did cave men have this ability ? Or was it a recently acquired design feature ?
Homo sapiens has evolved over nearly 200,000 years - and we've been riding bicycles for not even
100 years. So I'd really like to know just how and why our bodies were "designed" to react and fall
safely from 25 km/hr.
human909 wrote:
My body performed admirably when I had my 25kph low side spill onto brickwork.
The fact that my head didn't hit the ground (despite my hips and shoulders) is
testament to this protection.
It's wonderful that you are so perfect. But there's lots of people out there who
are much less perfect than you, including drivers and other cyclists who can
collide with you at such speed that it is physiologically impossible for any part of your
body to respond to the threat.
I am very glad that Perry's helmet has protected him. Perry doesn't know why he
came down, and nobody else has an evidence of how it happened either.
So it is ludicrous, if not offensive, to suggest it was something you or anybody
else could have avoided.
Regards