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Published July 09, 2008 06:08 pm - You have to think a bit more before you decide to ride a bicycle to work. Rain, thunder, lack of helmet doesn’t stop cyclist A Robert Lebzelter column for July 13, 2008 Star Beacon You have to think a bit more before you decide to ride a bicycle to work. I started making the trek twice weekly by pedal power a few weeks ago. It takes planning, making certain I bring clothes for work the day before, along with soap, towel, etc. Riding a bike has become a group effort at the Star Beacon. I don't mean everybody is riding bicycles. Hardly. I'm not a trendsetter. But everyone keeps track of what is going on for my behalf. There are more eyes on the Weather Channel then ever before. "You better leave soon. I hear there's a big thunderstorm coming from Cleveland," one person tells me. Others point to the television and the weather bulletins. Another big factor, unfortunately, is the helmet. I, um, don't have one. I really don't want one. My head's too big for the Dora the Explorer helmet. I know, I know. Helmets are an important safety factor. I've tsk tsk'd motorcyclists who zoom in and out of traffic on I-90, ignoring the speed limit, not wearing a helmet. Then as a bicyclist , I don't wear one. Staff writer Shelley Terry has bugged and bugged me to start wearing a helmet, especially after she covered a particularly nasty car vs. bicycle crash. Maybe it is because as a kid we road everywhere on bicycles and nobody wore a helmet. We didn't even know they existed. Nagging, er, suggesting, is usually something we attribute to women. But sports editor Don McCormack can bug and nag, too, rivaling Shelley when it comes to the helmet. Actually, it works pretty well. Shelley nags me when I arrive at work. Don nags when I leave. 
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