Originally Posted by
Biker395
Is it enough to get me off the road? God help me, no. Not even close.
Instead what I do is this: The best I can to avoid injury. For me, that means cycling in places with reasonable shoulders and escape routes. It means using a rear view mirror and checking it frequently. It means analyzing crashes to try to figure out what went wrong, so I can avoid the same fate.
And even with that, I recognize that I cannot avoid injury or death in every possible situation ... it's always lurking around the corner. But then again, it's always lurking around the corner, whether I'm cycling or not. The way I look at it, cycling adds so much to my life, I'd be a fool to give it up.
That picked me up. I guess after 3 years of unemployment (retired Military but still want to work, but can't get an interview...) I've become a news junky. Got the bike to get out of that, and fell into the snare of what you said, reading the cycling incidents to learn from them... but it started dragging me down. I LOVE road cycling, and like I stated, on that Lemond I feel like I'm sailing (us Coasties need to sail somehow
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Not giving it up, which is why I started this thread, to reach out. Just got done watching my 3yo Granddaughter who just energizes me and resets my frame of reference on alot of things. This +50 forum helps do that also.