20-06-13, 11:38 PM
Ah another nice relaxing debate.
You know when this sort of stuff comes up I can't help thinking aboot some of the folks I see out on the road.
Now first I'm gonna touch wood. I'm no angel, I like to give it a bit of welly now and again, quite often more now than again, but I try to keep my brain engaged at the same time, I say try.
But I've done quite a few long drives in the last year on my hill walking trips, and in the summer months, well the behaviour, attitude and riding style of some of the bikers on highland roads has to be seen to be believed. Yeah we've all seen it. It's a minority, but you might say a sizeable minority - you know on those certain days they all crawl out of the wood work. But we all get tarred with the same brush.
And those guys, well if things go wrong I'm not sure that all their fancy multi coloured power ranger suit, Arai hat etc will be any use to em at all.
Anyway I do remember riding off down the road a few years back, and I'm thinking - something ain't right here - you know that funny feeling. I came to the junction at the end of the road, stopped and scratched my heid. Ah, doh, I forgot to stick ma lid on. Aboot turn and back tae the hoose.
Here another thought. I used to cycle quite a bit. The hill doon tae Lochranza on Arran is a cracker. Used to overtake the cars on the narrow twisting single track road and see well over 50mph on the push bike. Just wearing lycra and a bit o polystyrene on ma heid.
Sure if there was no helmet law, yup I'd certainly pop down tae the shops etc without a lid. Keep the speed down, short distances only.
And what I fear is, with all these gear police aboot noo, telling us we must wear x,y and z. Well it's just inviting legislation. And if it ends up being enforced and my license is threatened by not wearing whatever I have to wear, well the lid that lid that I've accepted I have to wear when oot on my bike might get hung up for one last time. I mean what will be the point in riding a bike if it's dictated to you what you have to wear.
Blah blah blah.
You know when this sort of stuff comes up I can't help thinking aboot some of the folks I see out on the road.
Now first I'm gonna touch wood. I'm no angel, I like to give it a bit of welly now and again, quite often more now than again, but I try to keep my brain engaged at the same time, I say try.
But I've done quite a few long drives in the last year on my hill walking trips, and in the summer months, well the behaviour, attitude and riding style of some of the bikers on highland roads has to be seen to be believed. Yeah we've all seen it. It's a minority, but you might say a sizeable minority - you know on those certain days they all crawl out of the wood work. But we all get tarred with the same brush.
And those guys, well if things go wrong I'm not sure that all their fancy multi coloured power ranger suit, Arai hat etc will be any use to em at all.
Anyway I do remember riding off down the road a few years back, and I'm thinking - something ain't right here - you know that funny feeling. I came to the junction at the end of the road, stopped and scratched my heid. Ah, doh, I forgot to stick ma lid on. Aboot turn and back tae the hoose.
Here another thought. I used to cycle quite a bit. The hill doon tae Lochranza on Arran is a cracker. Used to overtake the cars on the narrow twisting single track road and see well over 50mph on the push bike. Just wearing lycra and a bit o polystyrene on ma heid.
Sure if there was no helmet law, yup I'd certainly pop down tae the shops etc without a lid. Keep the speed down, short distances only.
And what I fear is, with all these gear police aboot noo, telling us we must wear x,y and z. Well it's just inviting legislation. And if it ends up being enforced and my license is threatened by not wearing whatever I have to wear, well the lid that lid that I've accepted I have to wear when oot on my bike might get hung up for one last time. I mean what will be the point in riding a bike if it's dictated to you what you have to wear.
Blah blah blah.