Reply #15: I think they said "mouthguard"

[depakid]

which you'll find on downhill helmets. Downhillers are a special breed, though- screaming along at high speeds, so a lot of their gear resembles what motocrossers wear.

In all my years of mountain biking, I've never seen a full helmet like that on anyone doing a cross country ride like the ones you'd find in that part of Texas. They're just too hot and unwieldly. Also, the wounds on his hands suggest that he was wearing light gloves (if at all) so the combination wouldn't make sense.

The bottom line is that the administration is simply stock full of pathological liars, who pretty much lie about anything. And really, why shouldn't they? They never seem to suffer any consequences for it.