Originally Posted by
Brian Ratliff
Racing is definitely a different beast, especially crit type racing (as opposed to road). People are riding much closer together, much faster, and people take risks to win. It's funny, the statistical nature of crashing. I've crashed a fair amount in races (people who know me personally are chuckling right now), but I can count the number of times I've crashed non-racing (solo or group) in my entire cycling lifetime (going on 20 years) on one hand.
I think there's been at least one crash in just about every race I've done. The worst of them have all been in road races. I haven't done a crit since someone rubbed my rear wheel and piled up the pack behind me.
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