Why even bother with a helmet?

**bikerchick68** · 02-26-2007, 03:54 PM

I mean really... I'm a strong believer in ALWAYS wearing a helmet... but how's it gonna help in this situation???

**SadieKate** · 02-26-2007, 03:55 PM

Well, there is one cure for stupidity . . .

**bikerchick68** · 02-26-2007, 04:03 PM

ROFLMAO! :d

Kitsune06 · 02-26-2007, 04:04 PM

3 cheers for adding some chlorine to the gene pool!

**Deanna** · 02-26-2007, 04:06 PM

Ohhh. My stomach did flipflops just looking at that. Are those real or photoshopped?

**DarcyInOregon** · 02-26-2007, 05:43 PM

Those photos are scary. Did you notice the third photo down, there is a long vertical crack in the rock that goes through the rock completely from top to bottom. That rock is going to split wide open because of the weight of a mountain biker on it and the sharks will be well fed.

Darcy

**Bad JuJu** · 02-26-2007, 06:37 PM

Gotta be photoshopped, right? I mean, look, where did they come from and where are they going (other than down

)?

**CyclChyk** · 02-26-2007, 07:24 PM

I'm thinking this is a GREAT ad for parachutes......... I'd definately have one on!

**snapdragen** · 02-26-2007, 07:30 PM

They're evidently real, shot in Ireland

http://www.hansrey.com/latestadventures.htm

**slinkedog** · 02-26-2007, 07:49 PM

I'm horribly afraid of heights and I think those shots are going to give me nightmares! Oy!

**SadieKate** · 02-26-2007, 07:51 PM

Oh yeah, I believe it's real. Especially with Hans Rey masterminding it. I much prefer it though when he has a bungee cord attached and is just jumping off bridges.

**bikerchick68** · 02-26-2007, 07:51 PM

I personally think they're insane. When I did the bike tour of Ireland I was on Inishmore in the Aran Islands overnight... we saw the Cliffs of Moher and stood atop them at Dun Aengus, the ancient fortress...

much like these pics, there is no guardrail...I'm not afraid of heights but I STILL got nervous. People were sitting on the edge with their legs hanging over... nope not me. I walked within about 50 ft of the edge and that was close enough...

it's a LONG way down.

Here's some more of the cliffs... (I got this pic from the net... mine are on disc but not downloaded on the computer... I'd give credit to the photographer but not sure who took this... )

**DarcyInOregon** · 02-26-2007, 08:30 PM

One of my goals is to do a bike tour of Ireland within the next few years. If the cliffs are part of the bike tour, forget it.

I never go near an unprotected edge. You can't know if a crazy person will come up behind you and push you over. Or the edge can crumble away underneath you. Or a big wind gust can push you off-balance and you go windmilling down. Even at Crater Lake there are signs telling you to keep your dogs on a leash because if the dog goes over the edge, that is the last you will see of your favorite pooch.

Darcy

**Bad JuJu** · 02-27-2007, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by snapdragen

They're evidently real, shot in Ireland

http://www.hansrey.com/latestadventures.htm

Incredible!!!!!!!!

Reminds me of a nightmare I once had--and don't want to have ever again.

**missymaya** · 02-27-2007, 09:03 AM

Yeah, whoever wants to bike that path can go ahead and do that. I'll just stay on solid ground, where all the mountains are man made and not very tall and falling off my bike wont mean falling off a cliff, thank you very much

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