What can I say?

[RDJ]

...free bacon sounds good...would that be halal or traditionally cured stuff...

Applewood smoked with maple-syrup glaze.

And, "we don't need no steenking halal, gringo" - from the movie The Pork of the Sierra Madre

[rastuscat]

but wait there is more

A blow up doll called Loretta, with real hair.

[RDJ]

A blow up doll called Loretta, with real hair.

Nope - Peggy Sue

[rastuscat]

Just getting back on track........

Nah, fuckit.

[scumdog]

Just getting back on track........

Nah, fuckit.

Nantucket??

[RDJ]

Nantucket sleigh ride. Moby Dick. Classical references... all good.

[6ft5]

Oh yes before i forget, this helmet did save a life!!

[rastuscat]

Oh yes before i forget, this helmet did save a life!!
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At the same time helmets promote weight gain and obesity related diseases.

[nzspokes]

At the same time helmets promote weight gain and obesity related diseases.

On Harleys and BMWs?

[Big Dog]

At the same time helmets promote weight gain and obesity related diseases.

Personally, if someone is so weak willed as to stop doing something they value because someone else told them to wear a helmet, that more than likely would have meant I was not taking pharmaceuticals daily for the rest of my life, perhaps we don't need them in our gene pool?

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[OddDuck]

At the same time helmets promote weight gain and obesity related diseases.

I haven't met any people saying that helmets are what keep them off pushbikes. I've met plenty saying that it's fear of traffic which does it.

Given my experiences on the treadly I reckon they're right... I've lost count of the number of times I've had a truck thundering past me with inches of clearance, or car drivers being dickheads.

I'd like to say that I have an answer but with NZ's narrow roads and driving culture, I can't see change any time soon.

[Gremlin]

Given my experiences on the treadly I reckon they're right... I've lost count of the number of times I've had a truck thundering past me with inches of clearance, or car drivers being dickheads.

I'd like to say that I have an answer but with NZ's narrow roads and driving culture, I can't see change any time soon.

Mountain biking. While Motorcycles are seen as a bit evil in some groups, DOC, local councils etc are spending and reserving space for mountain biking. They see it promoting health (don't tell them about arguments with those cunning trees aye), tourism attraction and so on. Plus it's a fun way of seeing grey/brown/green/blue blurs that make up the NZ scenery

Rotorua, Taupo, Auckland and others all have dedicated parks, then you have the parks with mixed use trails etc. Over the next couple of weeks I'm definitely going to explore some of Old Ghost, Queen Charlotte Track and maybe a few other bits...

[OddDuck]

True that. MTB parks turning up everywhere!

Next step is a proper network of cycle touring trails, apparently the ones which have been built so far are working wonders for the economy of the little towns they go through.

[scumdog]

Personally, if someone is so weak willed as to stop doing something they value because someone else told them to wear a helmet, that more than likely would have meant I was not taking pharmaceuticals daily for the rest of my life, perhaps we don't need them in our gene pool?

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Perzactly.

Not riding 'cos you have to wear a helmet makes as much sense as not getting into a car 'cos you have to wear a seatbelt...

[J.A.W.]

Perzactly.

Not riding 'cos you have to wear a helmet makes as much sense as not getting into a car 'cos you have to wear a seatbelt...

& I.. almost.. pity the fool..

Research shows that wearing a helmet in the car would save way more( in numbers hurt ) serious head injuries than bike (motor & pushy) helmets do..

But will politicians make it compulsory.. not bloody likely, with all those women ( voters) fretting about 'helmet hair'..