I might have told you that i've come down with a case of poison oak. On the face. It's now creeping a cruel course down my neck.
And it's posing an interesting dilemma as i carry out my week without driving.
Should i wear the bike helmet, or not?
On normal occasions i don't mind taking the dork-route and wearing it religiously. This head has to provide for the rebelangel, after all. But seeing as how i've got a terrible allergy to anything even posing as poison oak, i risk the horror of recontamination if i wear it now.
So for now, i'm not wearing it. The Portland hipsters who don't ride bikes will consider me cooler, without the hat-head and the corny white-stickered headgear. And the hipsters who do ride bikes will scoff, sneering 'amateur' as i pass them by.
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Here in Atlantic Canada, wearing a helmet while bicycling is actually law...the same as riding a motorcycle or wearing a seatbelt in car.
I can't say I really disagree with the law, either...regardless of the "hat head" that may be the result.
Wow. You are fucking amazing.
Not sure about the helmet and the poison oak - have never had it.
CBG, it's only the law in Oregon for kiddos under 16. I think it probably speaks to our stark individualism, and also our family-friendly culture. But right across the river in Washington, it is the law for everyone. I always wear mine, and i've actually decided to soak it in dish soap every night so it loses its poison oak oils and i can still wear it. Even in a city that has 10,000(!)commuters cross the bridges into downtown every day, it's just not worth being the one to not be seen by a car.
BTW, if anyone is interested, here are the helmet laws for each state. No Canada though, sorry:
http://www.helmets.org/mandator.htm
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