Originally Posted by
Beaker
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.
This is how I see it. There is less risk racing then riding on public roads. The beauty of racing around here is closed roads. Really if you have to justify it, perhaps it is not the thing to do.
ALso the Winters Road Race is another good one.