Vasant Marur captured a bicyclist pedaling down Washington Street in Downtown Crossing today.
Copyright Vasant Marur. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
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This is not a no helmet
By Bostoner
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 6:33am
This is not a no helmet comment.
Biker
By Yosemite Sam
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 7:55am
Should be wearing that helmet.
Can we just let humans have
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 8:39am
Can we just let humans have some fun being human? It was 90+ gross degrees yesterday and traffic is always light (95% of the time) in the DTX area.
what helmet? THAT helmet - where is the helmet? Who gives a flying trapeze monkey about the helmet. #changetheconversation
Not necessarily
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 9:19am
The data indicate that CHILDREN should always wear helmets.
The data are a bit fuzzier when it comes to ADULTS.
That's because kids and adults have different kinds of accidents.
Me? I always wear a helmet because one saved my life and because I've had way too many concussions to take the risk of not.
Her? Her choice as an ADULT. That's some extremely low risk riding that she's doing there.
Note that the Germans, who are bone up the ass about lighting and visibility, don't require helmets. What does that tell you?
your helmet didn't save your life
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 12:23pm
http://www.cyclehelmets.org/1209.html
Oh wow - its Buckaroo Banzai!
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 2:37pm
You were there? Really?
You are a brain surgeon? And an engineer?
Here's a hot tip: your reference is the equivalent of the Weekly World News when it comes to brain injuries. Stick to your day job, mmmmkay?
That's nice dear
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 8:01pm
I'm a PhD epidemiologist with a strong background in pathophysiology and an undergraduate degree in materials engineering. I don't need an anon internet commenter to tell me that a helmet didn't save my life when I damn well know that it did when I went down sideways on a bad piece of track crossing and don't even remember what happened.
I still have the helmet, It isn't broken through the vent holes - the foam is compressed in the area where it absorbed the impact, it is completely misshapen, and it cracked up the back through solid foam when I hit the side of my head. Lots of foam compression and shear forces going on with that. It didn't absorb enough energy to protect me from being knocked out cold and having a concussion, but it did prevent the bursting of all the blood vessels on the side of my head, hematoma, and any skull fracture that would have resulted from such a violent smash.
Nice little cherry-picked anti-helmet fansite with cute pseudoscientific helmet dissection. Fortunately, the actual literature on the subject points to there being very few people in rehabs and nursing homes due to cycling head injuries when helmets were used, and far more people in those facilities who didn't wear helmets.
Fortunately, such mishaps as I had are quite rare for cyclists, which is why the stats are difficult to interpret. There is also good evidence that the addition of cyclists to an environment normalizes cycling, with much stronger safety effects (cyclists being hit by drivers being the big injury issue) than demanding that cyclists protect against a rare outcome. Unfortunately, head injury accidents are typically fatal or result in permanent impairments unless a good helmet is in use.
??
By ElizaLeila
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 9:32am
A. What helmet? The circular thing on the handlebars looks like a lock, to me.
B. It's not a law for cyclists to wear helmets. It's a good recommendation, though.
C. Bikers ride motorcycles.
Definitely a cable lock
By Ron Newman
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:01am
Blow the photo up to full size and you'll see.
He "captured" the bicyclist
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 9:24am
and is keeping her locked up in his basement?
I'd be pissed if I was minding my own business, not involved in anything newsworthy, and some stranger still thought it was appropriate to photograph me and post that it the Internet.
Just say NO to "street photographer" creepers.
Don't go out in public then
By adamg
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 10:06am
Sorry if "capture" is a trigger word for you.
street photographers on UH
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 12:27pm
http://www.universalhub.com/2011/street-photograph...
Yep
By adamg
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 12:30pm
And taking completely different sorts of photos than Mr. Marur.
The third pokeball
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 7:47pm
... was successful.
Nice
By ElizaLeila
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 9:32am
Composition.
I normally don't enter...
By dmcboston
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 9:46am
...these City of Boston pic contests, but here's my guess.
Washington St, somewhere near Scollay Square, probably 1956 or so.
yes...
By geep9
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:20am
except for the clothes. wonder what the 1956 style would have been
Winner!
By adamg
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:20am
Johnny, tell him what he's won!
Well, you can't have that, but
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:43am
If you're an American citizen you are entitled to:
A heated kidney shaped pool
A microwave oven--don't watch the food cook
A Dyna-Gym--I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home
A kingsize Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum
A foolproof plan and an airtight alibi
Real simulated Indian jewelry!
A Gucci shoetree!
A year's supply of antibiotics
A personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
And Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number
A beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick
Rosemary's baby!
A dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams
A new Matador
A new mastadon
A Maverick
A Mustang
A Montego
A Merc Montclair
A Mark IV
A meteor
A Mercedes
An MG
Or a Malibu?
A Mort Moriarty
A Maserati
A Mac truck
A Mazda
A new Monza
Or a moped
A Winnebago
Hell, a herd of Winnebago's, we're giving 'em away
Or how about a McCulloch chainsaw?
A Las Vegas wedding
A Mexican divorce
A solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot
Or
A baby's arm holding an apple
I forgot about that one
By Gary C
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 3:43pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgjfi1DU1mQ
I thought Hubway was going to
By anon
Tue, 07/26/2016 - 8:13am
I thought Hubway was going to start offering helmet rentals...?
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