Settle down Orlando, you're going mountain biking in Pasadena, not Iraq. Jeremy Renner didn't even wear that much protection in The Hurt Locker.
*21 Orlando Bloom pictures total in the gallery:
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Bradly
My but his friend certainly is a hunk. He could ride my bike any day.
Anonymous
Better safe than sorry, and alway ready to combat. California is a dangerous state to live in.
Master yoda
The mean streets of Pasadena dish out their own form of brutal punishment--the slight inclines can run you up to 7 or 8 mph before you even know what happened! Also, you can probably substitute a Schwinn 10 speed for the mountain bike. Not sure you're going to leap off any cliffs in the wal-mart parking lot.
Amber
Maybe he's being overly protective to air on the side of caution now that baby Flynn is in his life.