Helmet Head

I've been toying with the idea of trying to (possibly? maybe?) write an article about bike helmets. Mostly about how some people don't wear them. Actually, a lot of people don't wear them. Which is weird. I mentioned it to my fitness instructor today (yep, I take fitness classes in the middle of the day, I'm an old lady I suppose) and she, being the out-spoken lady that she is said those people were "idiots." It made me smile and her anger sort of inspired me to get down to the reasoning behind not wearing helmets.

Anyway, on my way out after class a man was just pulling up on his bike and was coincidentally not wearing a helmet. And so I gently inquired as to why he didn't wear one and he sort of stammered about and couldn't answer me. Funny.

I was prepared to leave it at that, but then my fitness instructor came out and saw that he wasn't wearing a helmet and starting talking about it and giving him shit and I kept apologizing to this poor man who probably just likes the way the wind feels in his hair. Still. It was a beautiful (although awkward) thing, my fitness instructor saying, "No seriously sir. It's just not worth it. You'll crush your skull one day." So great.

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