Originally Posted by Long Tom

My situation is that I suffered a serious contusion to my brain in a car accident 2 years ago. I'm told that I'm now high-risk for reinjury; my brain is now "brittle". Plus the symptoms of another injury, should it happen, might be permanent. I can't tell you how much that freaks me out! Don't want to go back there.

First, a residual effect from my injury is that my ability to process incoming data quickly is tangibly impinged. When I'm 4" off the wheel of another bike at 20 mph, I exceed my ability to process fast enough to feel in control. I pretty much just have to go into a fairly passive mode mentally and let things blur on by- hard to describe.


However, if I'm going to get better, I need to get good at this, or,just decide it's not for me and let it go. So..... how common are paceline crashes? And how can I absolutely minimize my risks here?