Originally Posted by nancy sv
What do you perceive the main risks of cycle touring to be?
chipmunks in the oatmeal, or equivalent. Carrier mosquitos. Sunburn is pretty pernicious though.
the risk of traffic is always there. Sometimes traffic or road conditions makes your tour like riding amidst a cloud of angry hornets and one just soldiers on thru.
I'm always more worried about the securing the oatmeal, or the mosquitos.