+1 to everything MsT said. I ride in three different areas with three completely different bike lane/trail networks, and every one of them is at best a slow, marginally maintained way to get from Point A to someplace where one can comfortably ride on the street (albeit a good way for the kiddies to get to school), and at worst literally unrideable (think, an inch deep with debris from the road and riddled with potholes).

Melalvai, how in the world can you feel that way about helmets after being on this board for this long?! never mind, I really don't want to get into that debate, I just don't understand it on a board with so many "saved by the helmet" stories.