Still recovering from broken femur and hip in a bike spill 6 months ago. They put me on a stationary recumbent as soon as I got out of the hospital. (4 weeks). I really wanted to get back on the road ASAP. The orthopedist said "I don't want to be the one to have to fix it if you break it again." I was back on the road, albeit tentatively after 6 weeks. Now, I'm back to work, commuting every day, but I have to use an electric power assist on my recumbent bike. I'll be limping for the rest of my life, but that's not going to stop me from riding.

"Security is only a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is not safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing!"
Hellen Keller