There comes a time in life when it’s essential to draw a line within the sand and have the braveness of your convictions. The forces that conspire to manage you’ll at all times try to take action within the identify of “security,” however to appease them is to give up your very humanity. Put on a helmet, put on physique armor…the place the hell does it finish???
I need to say this can be a beautiful about-face for a person who previous to this was biking shirtless:
Clearly he was taking a web page out of Mario Cipollini’s ebook, which is tough to do because the pages are at all times caught collectively:
But now he’s exhorting us to put on elbow and hip pads like hapless Rollerbladers:
So what occurred?
Nicely, because it seems, he wasn’t holding the handlebars correctly:
So like most gratuitous security recommendation, the notion that you must put on physique armor on a motorcycle relies on the concept you’re an fool, like requiring individuals to make use of private flotation units within the rest room as a result of they’ll’t be bothered to examine that the bathroom seat is down. Nonetheless, the truth that he’s solely now studying how handlebars work would clarify his prior spills, just like the one in 2016 that impressed him to name for facial safety:
[Branson displaying the opposable thumbs he’s only just now figured out how to use.]
Extremely it might be eight extra years and one other crash earlier than he discovered that you must truly wrap your palms round the grips. One can solely think about the challenges he should have confronted when making an attempt masturbation as a youth. Now that he’s had this new breakthrough it’s solely attainable we gained’t be listening to for him for at the least a number of months.
However the actual blame right here lies on the coach:
[I’m assuming that’s the trainer, unless it’s just someone really jazzed to be in close proximity to Branson’s crotch.]
As an alternative of telling Branson to put on physique armor, maybe she ought to put him on a extra acceptable bicycle–one thing extra slack and upright and with extra tire quantity. The answer to nearly each downside going through the growing older bike owner–crashing, discomfort, trying ridiculous–is sort of easy: get a Jones or a Rivendell. It’s necessary to develop outdated gracefully as a bike owner, and I’d be joyful to supply my companies to Branson as an “age guide.” No, I gained’t level at his crotch for his Instagram, however I’ll set him up on a motorcycle that may enable him to journey with out physique armor so he can return to his shirtless methods. I’ll even assist him along with his subsequent customized bike:
Trek might have made him his final one:
However simply think about a customized House Rivendell with a galaxy-themed Joe Bell paintjob and a waxed canvas bag filled with astronaut meals:
Anyway, adapt your bike to your physique and never the opposite manner round is all I’m saying. Security’s one factor, but when your helmet is slowly taking on your total physique you could be ignoring the plain.
And, you recognize, use your thumbs.
