Originally Posted by bruce19

Just to be clear....I was not thinking anything you said was judgmental. Racers in the heat of competition are usually racing at 10/10ths cause that's how they win. When you are on that edge all kinds of catastrophic events are possible. Having broken ribs in a motorcycle crash on the BRP and having had C1&C2 fused as a result of a cycling accident last July I'm pretty sure 10/10ths is not in my future.

And, as someone else posted, recreational pacelines are pretty damned scary.