Noel Gallagher says the only downside of cycling is "the f***ing helmet"

Utterly standard response from a helmet-pusher who has no answer. Construct a thinly-veiled wish-fulfilment fantasy of something violent happening to whoever disgreed with them. Your type (power-worshippers) do that all the time and don't realise how much you are giving away about your character when you do.

Also - why do you assume I don't wear a helmet, and why do you assume I would slip and fall on a high-speed downhill? Round here it's mostly motorists who go too fast downhill and hit lampposts (and walls and traffic lights), I've seen the aftermath repeatedly (one one occasion saw it happen right in front of me, though it was an oncoming car they drove into, not a lamppost). Why not have a word with them instead?

Don't waste your time with Burt.

I've still not quite decided whether he truly doesn't understand the most basic principles of scientific research or if his apparent ignorance is actually another aspect of his pathological dishonesty.

Keep an eye on his posts, his lies are so frequent and so obvious it's almost funny.

Rich_cb wrote:

Don't waste your time with Burt.

Seems a little rich, coming from someone who appears to be totally obsessed with him.

mdavidford wrote:

Rich_cb wrote:

Don't waste your time with Burt.

Seems a little rich, coming from someone who appears to be totally obsessed with him.

Yeah, I'm undecided whether to be flattered or to report him, but on the whole, I think he just deserves our sympathy and understanding.

I deliberately used the exact same phrase you used to interject in a discussion I was having on this forum.

I'll continue to point out your lies.

Maybe one day you'll have enough self respect to stop repeating them.

I'd like his dishonesty to be recognised a bit more widely on this forum.

As such I'll point it out whenever I see it.

If he stops posting lies I'll happily go back to ignoring him.

eburtthebike wrote:

"The only downside of the bike is the fucking helmet but what are you gonna do?"

Read the research and don't bother with a helmet; show that you aren't just another sheep being brainwashed into something so the machine can make more money.   It's nothing to do with your safety and everything to do with making faceless corporations billions.

cyclehelmets.org

I can just imagine Noel Gallagher checking into Road.cc forum...

PRSboy wrote:

eburtthebike wrote:

"The only downside of the bike is the fucking helmet but what are you gonna do?"

Read the research and don't bother with a helmet; show that you aren't just another sheep being brainwashed into something so the machine can make more money.   It's nothing to do with your safety and everything to do with making faceless corporations billions.

cyclehelmets.org

I can just imagine Noel Gallagher checking into Road.cc forum...

Entirely possible; he does ride a bike.

I've hit my head very hard twice on the ground coming off bicycles.

Once no helmet. knocked out, trip in an ambulance, concussion several weeks off work (Im self employed so not great ,got some back on the drivers insurance).

Once with helmet . Head landed exactly the same spot, scratched head , went home had a shower. One day off work.

I'll take the helmet option.

What are the odds of having an accident in the same place twice ?

hirsute wrote:

What are the odds of having an accident in the same place twice ?

I think the correct response is, "Cool story, bro"

and my correct response is . arsehole.  Channeling my inner Gallagher there f___wit.

nicmason wrote:

and my correct response is . arsehole.  Channeling my inner Gallagher there f___wit.

I do so enjoy the elevated and rarefied levels of conversation and discourse we enjoy here at road.cc

brooksby wrote:

nicmason wrote:

and my correct response is . arsehole.  Channeling my inner Gallagher there f___wit.

I do so enjoy the elevated and rarefied levels of conversation and discourse we enjoy here at road.cc

Those who don't have the data, intelligence or logic to argue their case can only resort to abuse.

lol. same spot on my head. left side temple fwiw

nicmason wrote:

I've hit my head very hard twice on the ground coming off bicycles.

Once no helmet. knocked out, trip in an ambulance, concussion several weeks off work (Im self employed so not great ,got some back on the drivers insurance).

Once with helmet . Head landed exactly the same spot, scratched head , went home had a shower. One day off work.

I'll take the helmet option.

The plural of anecdote is not data.  Your story is totally unverifiable and impossible; you got the same driver in the same vehicle to knock you off in exactly the same place at exactly the same speed and you landed in exactly the same place?  Delusional.

same spot on my head. 

I like how people on here  like to throw the shit and have a hissy fit when it comes back. 

"hissy fit"? - as burt said, it had just seemed unlikely that you'd hit your head on the same spot and in the same place under the same conditions, twice.  And I think that "Cool story, bro" is the current 'down with the kids' response to a story which you think is unlikely.  Glad to withdraw that, if I'd misunderstood what you were saying.

Personal choice, to wear one or not, but to me it's natural selection.

I chucked the bike down the road on Sunday, 26.4 mph, hit some gravel. My left leg, arm and hip are pretty bruised and full of gravel rash, my head has a few small cuts from gravel that went into the vents, but if I hadn't been wearing my helmet, I'd be in a much bigger mess than I am now.

Might be wiser to scan ahead, moderate your speed in case of gravel. Lucky you didn't fracture your leg, arm, hip. Risk compensation?

Rider error, plain and simple. I'm old enough to know that I was at fault, so I'm not looking to blame anyone else.

if i had a face like Noel i'd wear a full face helmet & not just on the bike.! 

I always thought the problem with Oasis was two f**king helmets, known as Noel and Liam.

He hasn't aged well has he.

Lukas wrote:

He hasn't aged well has he.

Reminds me of what Buddy Rich said about Keith Richard's extremely lined face when Richard's claimed that it was just laugh lines "Ain't nothing that funny."

Reminds me of what Buddy Rich said about Keith Richard's extremely lined face when Richard's claimed that it was just laugh lines "Ain't nothing that funny."

Brillant! I'm going to store that one away!