Yeah we don't bounce like we used to as I have been painfully reminded.
I went for a club ride earlier this year and we were going down a hill, weather was good pavement was pretty good so I went to my highest gear and cranked it felt like I was 9 again.
Later the club guru commented, would you rather hit the pavement at 25 mph or 35 mph that was all he said, I get that now.
I probably will still crank it when it is appropriate cause it's just plain fun but I will be paranoid the whole way. It just sucks getting old enough to care, but pain is a cruel task master.