

So, it finally looks like the CTC have caved in regarding helmets then, if ever there was a situation and type of cycling that never did require helmets this was it, congratulations CTC you just sold us down the river.


beardy wrote: The policy is freedom of choice, that cuts both ways.
beardy wrote:When you have taken in the helmet (and the bosom), look at her chinstrap.
TonyR wrote:If its a photo taken of someone cycling I'm not bothered - that's what freedom of choice is about. If it were a staged photo then I would be much more concerned.
pjclinch wrote:Oh ***...
I have (quite justifiably) been accused of over-sensitivity to helmeted portrayals, but complaining about this is preposterous. It's a single rider so it's not going to show a mix of helmeted and helmetless riders, is it?
And if you can really say, hand on heart, that there are no people on Sensible Bikes in the UK who also choose to wear helmets then you've had a pretty sheltered experience. If you want to see lots of Sensible People on Sensible Bikes in Safe Places wearing helmets make your way to the Dutch coast when the Germans are on holiday. There is no shortage of people who choose to do this, and it's not really any more contentious showing one of them than it is showing someone using a rucksack instead of frame-mounted luggage.
If you really want to make people think you're a bunch of tossers with some lunatic libertarian agenda then go on complaining about isolated images like these. By all means complain if CTC start systematically weeding out all shots of helmetless riders, but you need some sort of a sample base for that and n=1 does not qualify.
Pete.
TonyR wrote:If its a photo taken of someone cycling I'm not bothered - that's what freedom of choice is about. If it were a staged photo then I would be much more concerned.
Tonyf33 wrote:TonyR wrote:If its a photo taken of someone cycling I'm not bothered - that's what freedom of choice is about. If it were a staged photo then I would be much more concerned.
So you honestly don't think this is a staged photo shoot for a magazine front page?
DanJoyce wrote:It's not a staged photo for Cycle's front page. It's from a shoot that the photographer did for Ridgeback, hence the reference to 'modelling a Ridgeback Avenida' on the contents page. Ridgeback were kind enough to let us re-use the picture, which I found in the photographer's portfolio.
I'd have preferred it if the rider didn't have a helmet, because unhelmeted transport and touring cyclists redress the balance of (overwhelmingly) helmeted road cyclists and mountain bikers. But being neutral on helmets means just that, and a good picture won't be passed over solely because the rider is wearing a helmet. Rest assured that Cycle will continue to show pictures of unhelmeted and helmeted cyclists on the cover.