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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi everyone - it's OP again.

For those of you who are absolutely dying to know, yes, it's road cycling, and by extension, he dabbles in triathlons (olympic + half ironman), so he has 3 time consuming sports to train for. So the time spent away from the family for training + events is annoying enough, but it's the road biking that gets to me the most. Not to mention the $$$$ for all of the latest high end gear + bikes + travel.

Several of his riding buddies have gotten scraped up pretty badly over the years, and it's not unheard if you follow the sport to hear of people gravely injured or killed as well. I'm sorry but whoever said it is just as safe as running is just plain wrong - any sport where you are riding at high speeds (30-40+ mph) along with people driving 4000lb SUVs while texting is a serious risk. Even if you follow all of the rules and do everything "right", you will never win an argument against a car (or a pothole on a sharp downhill turn).

And yes, he is also into all of the indoor biking options, but in the warmer months prefers to be outside. But right now he is dealing with multiple broken bones and a head injury with short-term memory and cognition issues, so I need to accompany him to all of his doctors appointments.

I guess I'm not really sure what I'm asking here. Just venting. Thank you to those of you who have shared similar stories and can relate :)

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OP, I’m really sorry and hoping for a quick and full recovery.  I hate to say it but he is not going to give it up if he’s performing at that level.  Hopefully this makes him think very seriously about what level of risk is truly worth taking.

Dh mostly rides gravel and MTB now after a couple of road fatalities that hit a little too close to home.   I have also pushed hard for early morning rides.  I don’t know many other cycling wives with young kids, but we are all in agreement on that sort of thing.  I got so sick of handling all of the weekend kid activities on my own and it definitely positively improved our marriage when DH started being more considerate on that front. [/quote]

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