chroot

edit: Please consider the first poll option to mean "no crashes (yet)."

Hi all,

I'm a new roadie (read: accident waiting to happen?) and am curious about the actual frequency of crashes experienced by most roadies. I'm going to make the tacit assumption that the crash rate is dependent only on the number of miles ridden (this is approximately true of motor vehicles), though I'm sure the crash rate really also depends on secondary factors like equipment, training, experience, speed, and so on.

I'd also like to consider a 'crash' to be an accident so severe that it either put you in the hospital, or kept you off your bike for more than a month. Minor accidents, dopey falls while learning to use cleats, pothole wheel-eaters and the like are, in my opinion, par for the course.

Take your estimated total mileage, and divide it by the number of crashes you've experienced. Then pick the poll option that best describes your crashes-to-miles ratio.

Thank!

- Warren