Originally Posted by
RTDub
Really. Precisely why I'm not commenting on the wreck, just observing. I've never ridden with a group. I suspect that if I crashed solo on my commute, the same principle would apply (the base layer part).
Hm? I would wager that a majority of cyclists in this forum have been between 30 and 40 mph more than once, and that this example of base layer[ing] helps someone who may have not considered it. Not sure why you feel the need to be so Roger Ebert about it.
My point is that how it is presented doens't represent where it is presented. Sure many if not most people in here have gone 30-40 mph. Most of us in here that have are not going to wipe out at those speeds. Why? We don't put ourselves at harms way at those speeds. Sure it can happen. But I'm thinking the majority of people in the 41 would rather avoid crash situations than suit up for them. That simply isn't the case with those that race. So of course we are going to look at it differently.