SENSELESS Bicycling（毫无意义的骑自行车）.pdfVIP

SENSELESS By B r u c E B a r c o t t P h o t o g r a P h y By J o Nat h a N S P r a g u E Bic ycle helmets do an outstanding J o B of keeping our skull s intac t in a ma J or cr a sh. B ut the y do almost nothing to prevent concussions and other signific ant B r ain inJ uries—and the very government agenc y cre ated to protec t us is part of the pro B lem. the time ha s come to demand something safer. J u n e /2 0 1 3 57 This is because recent studies of football and hockey players have raised alarming questions about the disabling short- and long-term effects of concussions. President Barack Obama said that if he had a son, he might not let him play football; even some former NFL athletes agree. Cycling isn’t immune from that conversation, at any level. Riders fall. Sometimes they hit their heads. In 2011, Belgian star Tom Boonen abandoned the Tour de France after suffering a crash-related concussion in the fifth stage. A few days later