Do you wear a helmet because of Fear?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY

This video talks about helmets in terms of our current "culture of fear"
I had to share. While I do wear one while mountain biking, I usually do not wear one when riding around town....getting groceries.....yada....

Now I wear a helmet, and make my son wear a helmet in the bike trailer for the sole purpose of not having to have a conversation about it with other parents at his day school. While it makes little sense to me to wear one riding a bike on the sidewalk, I know that judgement nowadays can come with a report to Child Protective Services....so I admit freely that I am wearing a helmet for fear.

Ray

Cycled

Ray's Life Cycle........Cycled

Before - Girlfriend

After - Wife

Before - Renter

After - Home Owner

Before: bike trailer carried booze and food





















After: bike trailer carries son















Before - Employed in Cubicle

After - Owner of Build It LLC with Employee

Before - Riding A Hardtail

After - riding Full Suspension

Cycled.

Heritage, History, Pride: Sounds like a great bike tour.

Article: Muscogee (Creek) Nation bike tour to retrace Trail of Tears

It is so exciting to see rides like this. Its cycling at its best. 

John Beaver has been training for the Trail of Tears Bicycle Tour that starts in Georgia and ends in Oklahoma. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

Bike DC - WABA

Bike DC is an event hosted in the DC metro/Arlingtonarea. This is a video of the first 3 minutes (sorry a little shaky at the very beginning) of riders leaving for this glamorous bicycle ride through the heart of our nations capital.  The duration and density of riders moving along these first three minutes is staggering, but at the end I back up and look into the humungous crowd of cyclists still to go. This was an incredible cycling event to participate in.

How A Bicycle is Made

I was Inspired!

Welcome to the Team / Erik Elstran from Sunday Bikes on Vimeo.



I have not blogged for almost a year - this inspired me to share again.
Lots of life changes this year.
More to come
Ray

The most beautiful bike part repurpose I have ever seen

Bicycle Chandeliers:
http://myloveforyou.typepad.com/my_love_for_you/2011/04/carolina-fontoura-alzaga-bicycle-chandeliers.html