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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know someone who was recently injured on a trail when a part flew off the bike of the person in front of him, causing him to crash. Doing anything at a speed can be dangerous. [/quote]

Yep. Friend hit a piece of gravel that was lying on a paved, flat trail. Friend wasn't even going especially fast as it was a shared biking/walking trail. That tiny piece of gravel flipped him off the bike and off the trail, and his head ended up hitting a light pole. Completely innocuous, tiny things can create huge problems at ANY speed.

The ER doctor said if he hadn't been wearing a helmet he might be dead or gravely injured. As it was, he was concussed and had to miss quite a bit of work to be on the safe side. The doctor added that he sees so, so many injuries including severe ones, in cyclists--and almost all the ones he sees are in men in their 20s-40s.

People who like to counter with, "But but but driving is dangerous too, and people get in car accidents, and cycling is so healthy!" on these threads are idiots who don't remember that in a car, you at least have tons of steel around you and airbags. Not on a bike. [/quote]

You sound like an obese person who hates fitness and routinely takes the beltway to buy overpriced fried fast-food.[/quote]

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