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Old 06-03-20 | 05:25 AM
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OldTryGuy
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Originally Posted by Wttnwa
They look interesting, but if something happens, how fast can you get back to your brakes without loosing it?
Reaction time required is dependent upon whatever and when the "SOMETHING" is that is happening.

I am at this moment at 5 weeks, 2 days, 6 hours from an "encounter" with a 150lb wild hog while riding my aero-bars at 20.1mph. The crash resulted in a broken scapula, 2 broken ribs, a punctured lung and shoulder damage. Had this event taken place 6 hours later in daylight NOTHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED because I would have seen Big MAMA coming at me and would have avoided her.
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