Chuck wrote:damhooligan wrote:
Just stop with the helmet reference.....
Been said before....
If you wanna go helmet there is another thread for this....
Stop ? Why stop ? A perfectly valid point has been raised within the rules of the site. Do the people who disagree with you on here ask you to stop or try to divert you to other threads ? The point made is in it's relevant thread imo.
Personally I find your concerns with strava at odds with your very vocal stance regarding MHL's.
Edit: Why is this thread in the Buying a bike / parts section
Valid?
I think differently.
Helmets are for everybody, all cyclists.
young/old -recreational/leisure - commute or otherwise.
Its a broad spectrum of cycling, and not all of them are in need of helmets.
The biggest beef I got with those that dont need them, are being forced to wear them.
Strava is suited for a specific type of cyclists, the recreational one.
As in the op, cycling behaviours can clearly change... and many do not wish to aknowledge this.
When racing, you take more risks.
You are adding additional risks, while riding in everyday traffic that already has enough risks as it is..
Sure , we may race more often then we might think, but that doesn't mke it allright..
I know the following is designed for cars, BUT a bike is a vehicle.
And many people on this forum are adament on not breaking the rules ;
(1) A person must not organise, promote or take part in:
(a) any race between vehicles on a road or road related area, or
(b) any attempt to break any vehicle speed record on a road or road related area, or
(c) any trial of the speed of a vehicle on a road or road related area, or
(d) any competitive trial designed to test the skill of any vehicle driver or the reliability or mechanical condition of any vehicle on a road or road related area,
unless the written approval of the Commissioner of Police to the holding or making of the race, attempt or trial has been obtained.
Technically, racing a bike is illegal.
And promoting an illegal activity is not a good thing.