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@Skülly
Good thought provoking OP, roxy. Sometimes i need a nudge to remember to grow up a bit more. I have a fiancee and a kid - I should think about them and how my chioices couild affect them.
Looks like my commute is about to get around twice as long, on some bigger roads, from Brockley to Soho and back. Though I am looking forward to increasing the daily miles, from what is really a 3 or 4 mile pootle each way at the moment, I am starting to wonder if this watershed might be catalyst for me to grasp the nettle that I have up to now ignored: wearing the skidlid.
Like General Lucifer, I think I would probably choose to use it for the daily miles and long rides, and not to wear it on more leisurely rides, perhaps when i'm in Suffolk or just riding to a park with my nipper etc.
Up to now, I have only worn mine at the one session I have attempted at Hernia Hill (which means twice, including the induction) and I am aware that it wasn't nearly so annoying as I had anticipated.
Cheers for bringing it up in a thoughtful, not hectoring, manner.
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