Just wear a helmet.............and you'll get away with anything on a bike!!

Jawgap · 23-12-2009 7:58am #1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8427624.stm

..........Like to see them try this any time this week?

Anyone cycle in this morning?

Bunnyhopper · 23-12-2009 9:34am

NZ policewoman allows naked cycling - with helmet

Two young men caught cycling with no clothes on have escaped charges of offensive behaviour, but received a warning to wear protective headgear.

Local policewoman Cathy Duder was unfazed when she came across the two nude men, both in their early 20s.

"They were more shocked than I was, trying to cover up their bits and pieces with their hands," she said.

The men were riding around the Coromandel seaside resort of Whangamata on the north-east coast of New Zealand.

When asked for an explanation, the pair replied that "they wanted to experience total freedom".

Strangely sober

"And I said to them 'the way you're heading, you're going to experience total confinement'," the officer said, laughing.

She said the men appeared decidedly sober.

"They didn't seem drunk at all. That's what worried me," she joked.

Ms Duder issued them with a stern warning for not wearing helmets and then sent them directly home.

She told the Associated Press news agency that she did not see them again during her shift, and it was not known if they donned helmets and resumed their ride.

Public nudity can attract a charge of offensive behaviour in New Zealand, but Ms Duder said she let the two men go free.

"It was dark and there was no-one else around. They were jovial young men who had not intended to cause offence," she said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8427624.stm

el tel · 23-12-2009 10:04am

"I wanna see your helmets!"

"er...not those helmets"

scottreynolds · 23-12-2009 10:36am

It good to hear a little story of home occassionally. Road rash could be a serious concern here. If I was the cop I would have cuffed there hands together for humour.

Whangamata (pronounced Fong-a-maaa-ta) is a great little play ground for the rich kids from Auckland -- like Spain for Irish Kids

LastGasp · 23-12-2009 11:54am

Jawgap wrote: »

Anyone cycle in this morning?

Yes, MTB, wearing ALL my clothes ! It wasn't actually as cold as I was expecting. Tested my new Campagnolo Winter Gloves, pretty good, but still got a couple of chilly fingers !

abcdggs · 23-12-2009 1:18pm

these ones by any chance?

23-12-2009 1:35pm

Haven't been on my bike since Thursday, bah. Went on the Dikes yesterday, was grand then, but starting off where I am it's very frosty.

LastGasp · 23-12-2009 4:10pm

abcdggs wrote: »

these ones by any chance?

These ones - they sounded like they might be a bit warmer than the one you pictured. Nice and fleecy on inside, fairly weatherproof on the outside.

edit: don't like when CRC website lists an item at EUR58, but when you look up the XXL size you need they are actually EUR75 or something !