Well, despite the good intentions of the OP, in offering a friendly, experience based reminder of a specific, easily forgotten potential risk, the thread managed to degrade in pointless trolling and name calling in less than 20 posts.
This may be a new BF record.
Chill out guys. Ride wherever and however you feel is OK. Just ride smart, and stop trying to sell your personal preference as better.
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