Originally Posted by
3alarmer
...for myself, besides the obvious fact that any racing for me is way back in the dimmest recesses of
my selective memory (where I was both fast and sweet
), it's the nature of the material that makes
it very hard to spot a problem that might be progressing (like a ding becoming a crack becoming a face plant),
and the by now obvious instantaneous failure mode.
I just don't got the
cajones for that much excitement in my life any more.
Right, but all that progression from tiny crack that can't be seen to asplosion is just imaginary. There is no evidence of it happening to any significant extent. This is like safety issues of any kind. Once somebody imagines a risk, there is no way to quell his fear. But history has to be considered. What is the record of that kind of stuff actually happening?