Category Archives: Helmets
True Love
Bicycles are one of my true loves, along with my family, pork, pickled anything and vintage clothing (not necessarily in that order). I am also a fan of the Cyclechic movement, which seeks to use images of happy, attractive people riding practical bicycles in regular clothes in urban environments to promote cycling to the masses. [...]
Your Carbon Bicycleprint (and the helmet debate)
The European Cyclists Federation recently released a study that compares the CO2 emissions of bicycling to transit and driving a car. The goal of the study is to encourage EU leaders to push cycling rather than things like low emission vehicles such as electric cars as a larger part of their efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. According [...]
Cyclology of Guilt
I am a member of an email listserv for the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals. It is an extremely helpful resource for me at work. Recently there was a thread about people who wear bright clothing at night. It was kind of technical in that it centered in part around the retroreflectivity of white fabrics compared to the retroreflectivity [...]
In Praise of Hats
I have always liked hats. From the definition of chic that was Jackie O in her Halston pill box to the hard scrabble farmer in his Dekalb seed cap, hats have been more than a fashion accessory; they are often a cultural badge. Can you imagine Sunday service without the ladies in their church hats, or [...]
Where’s your helmet?
I had an odd experience on the way to work today. While driving by me and a guy leans over, looks at me and yells out his open passenger side window “Where’s your helmet?” His kid is in the back seat looking at me. This is a pretty common comment I get, but here is [...]
Scardy Cats and Supermodels Should Ride Bikes
Today I was working at a health fair at a large employer in Milwaukee and a few people gave me some grief about riding my bike without wearing a helmet. Then I got home from work and read Dottie’s post on “Lets Go Ride a Bike” in which she was criticized today for not wearing a helmet. I [...]
