Originally Posted by
genec
Wait a minute... I thought intersections were the big problem...
And then there is this...
Sounds like off roading is a bit tougher on the cyclist than some may think. (personally, just about every time I go off road on my mountain bike, I take a tumble somewhere.)
But still, it all comes down to this...
Well golly, if the CDC features cycling on their front cover and cycling is such a good thing, seems to me the government ought to be promoting cycling a whole lot more... but I suppose that's just anti-motoring thinking, eh.
all of the bike crashes where i have broken bones were recreational. the fact that these stats include sport and recreational riding make them practically irrelevant.