Use Your Head Wear your helmet, do not be an idiot.
 There are certain to be those who will debate this 
I am not one of  them. If you don't wear your helmet, 
you are not to smart and it may kill you. Here is my story.
 It was a warm afternoon, and I was enjoying the heat  
beside the Rideau Canal in Ottawa Ont. the Capital city  
of Canada, little did I know that 3000 miles away my best  
friend Roy died. He was riding a bike that he couldn't handle 
wearing a helmet so old that on impact shattered lodging  
pieces in his brain. He lived for a couple of days but 
never woke up. Many of us involved in biking have similar 
stories to  tell of friends who are gone to young. I agree 
helmets would not have saved them all ,but surely some of them
would be  here today. Lessons from these accidents have to be
learned or they died  in vain . In my case the lessons ore two fold.
 One, wear a proper helmet don't be cheap its not worth it and two,
learn to ride from a pro your might have a friend who could give 
you some pointers but you will only take on his or her bad habits.
 I may sound like I am preaching to you, and maybe I am, but it may
be the thing that saves you from what Roys  family and friends 
went through.


Roy Slauenwhite  1967-1994