Originally Posted by
urbanknight
That actually proves my theory perfectly. You are more likely to crash during training BECAUSE you ride more miles training. So anyone who trains on a fancy bike and races on a cheap bike is still giving their fancy bike a greater risk.
This makes little sense.
An hour spent training is less likely to include a crash than an hour of racing. I think this is true for most people - obviously excluding those who train in downtown NY during rush hour.
But I would definitely agree if you said that in the long run, everyone is likely to crash in training, potentially damaging the more expensive frame. My point is, that the training "long run" is much, much longer than the racing "long run".