Hey Shiz, sorry to hear about the year you've had after we met at the early birds. I've fallen out of racing as the rest of my life got in the way of training, but like you, I wondered about the risk of crits, but came to the conclusion that I've heard of many more bad situations with folks I know just riding around public roads on the weekends; whereas at least a collision in a race is with a bike (and then the asphalt) at 20-30mph, vs head-on with a 2ton piece of metal.