If one attaches trainer wheels to each side of the rear axle mimicking a large tricycle, falls become less frequent. Ultimately, a large tricycle, much as we had as children but bigger, may keep us going longer than we might have thought. The circle of life?

Then again, think of the glory down at the rest home showing off your superating road rash while others are confined to complaints about constipation or calcified toenails. An aging gladiator among geritol junkies.