Then I'll be spending the rest of the day parenting because there's no school today.
So I'll see you when I see you, and not a moment sooner.
In the meantime, Peter Flax has the Fred-osphere all in a tizzy because last week he wrote a story for CyclingTips about how he doesn't wear a helmet:
It's a good story, though the editor, Caley Fretz, did his best to undermine it with this ridiculous disclaimer:
Most of us at CyclingTips wear helmets most of the time. I wear one whenever I kit up for a ride. They’re pretty comfortable these days, and I don’t see any reason not too, even after reading the story below. For some of our readers, helmets are mandated by law, and of course, we don’t want anyone to break the law.
To be frank, I wasn’t sure if it was a perspective we wanted on the site. We have multiple writers on staff who credit helmets with saving their lives, or at least preventing far more severe injury. I’m glad they were wearing helmets, and I’ll continue to wear mine.
He and I had some words over it last week:
Fretz seemed to feel that publishing the story at all is prima facie evidence that he is not in fact cowardly, but I think introducing anything with a 200-word disclaimer about what you think is wrong with it--whether it's an article about helmets or your spouse--indicates a deficiency in the spinal department. (And please note I'm not calling Caley Fretz a coward *in general,* I'm just calling him an editorial coward. I have no reason to believe that, if confronted with a wild animal while cycling, he wouldn't strip down to nothing except his bibs and his helmet and fight it to the death.)Good article from @Pflax1 , cowardly disclaimer from @CaleyFretz :https://t.co/ZwksJb76Ux pic.twitter.com/WzqligOEMZ— Bike Snob NYC (@bikesnobnyc) November 1, 2018
I also think that the Fred set is one degree away from the "Avid Cyclist" set inasmuch as their attitudes are holding the riding of bicycles back. Remember, for example, when Red Kite Prayer said California cyclists shouldn't fight a mandatory helmet law? Because I do.
Anyway, you know what to do today, and make sure to wear your voting helmet.
Yours and so forth,
--Tan Tenovo
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