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brrm ([personal profile] brrm) wrote2008-08-18 03:23 pm
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Brompton World Championships

I was about to ask if any of my Brompton-wielding LJ-friend fancied entering the Brompton World Championships at Blenheim Palace on the 28th of September.

But then I noticed the following sentence in the T&Cs:

"For health and safety reasons, it is an absolute condition of participation that a helmet is to be worn."

My views on this and yours, if different, aside (no flamewars please!), would this put any of you off attending, if indeed you're interested? Would you be interested despite this? Interested in testing the wording of the rules? It doesn't say which body part you have to wear the helmet on, after all...

It's a pity. I'd never really got into organised cycling events, but I was all up for giving this one a go.

[identity profile] angoel.livejournal.com 2008-08-18 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a similar restriction on the London to Brighton cycle ride that I have been on. I took a helmet along, but didn't wear it and was not challenged at any point. I suspect that it was a rule which has been put in for general liability reduction and insurance purposes, but not one that anyone particularly could be bothered to enforce.
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[personal profile] diffrentcolours 2008-08-18 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Practically, it would raise the cost of attending the event because I'd have to buy a helmet first.

Philosophically, I am personally opposed to unjustified demands. "For health and safety reasons" is not actually a reason, and "for security reasons" (my personal bugbear) certainly is not. If they said "As a condition of our insurance for the event, without which we could not put it on, our insurers demand that all competitors wear a helmet" I might still disagree with it, but I'd be a lot less annoyed about it.
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[personal profile] diffrentcolours 2008-08-18 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
PS: Thanks for the cycle helmet link.
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[personal profile] lnr 2008-08-18 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I kinda see the point a bit for racing, as I do a bit for mountain biking. I wouldn't condone it for a ride which wasn't a race. But regardless of my views if I were a Brompton rider it would put me off unless they could be borrowed on the day, since I don't own a helmet. Mind you it wouldn't put me off *much* since I wouldn't really be up for it anyway.
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[personal profile] lnr 2008-08-18 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh and that particular sentence is *extremely* irritating. If they have health and safety reasons why you should wear a helmet they could tell us what said reasons are. "For health and safety" is not a reason on its own.
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[identity profile] pizza.maircrosoft.com (from livejournal.com) 2008-08-18 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I looked at it but was put off by the fact that the "suit" dress code applies to women as well as men.
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[personal profile] lnr 2008-08-18 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I was going to say I didn't see any problem with women having to wear a suit if men did. But reading the rules they actually want you to wear a collared shirt and tie, which wouldn't be normal attire with a woman's suit.
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[identity profile] pizza.maircrosoft.com (from livejournal.com) 2008-08-18 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah. I didn't phrase that right, sorry. As you say they are insisting on the "male" version of the suit for both men and women.

[identity profile] naath.livejournal.com 2008-08-21 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It's totally cute though.

However there are no shops that sell collared shirts that look good on me - I just have to get mens shirts which are baggy and crap (in order to do up over the breasts they have to be pretty huge everywhere else).

(I really really really hate that women's fitted shirts are all V-necked - I do NOT want to show of my breasts in the office people, FFS. 'cos other than that mis-feature Bravissimo shirts are cool, they should do real shirts wif collars)