Seattle Forrest

It's an unspoken goal every roadie has, not to crash. Sometimes **** happens and it can't be avoided. But that's pretty rare. If you're aware of the traffic around you, the road surface ahead of you, and ride in a predictable way, that will avoid really a lot of trouble. People are poking fun at your bike handling skills etc because once is bad luck but twice is probably something else.

A road bike is like a glass window, you can break it real easy, but not really if you're using it the way it was meant to be used. If you don't crash it, and don't hit it with a hammer, it can outlast you. A lot of people in here have had their road bike for decades, even some carbon ones. Once you get into the mind set, it's pretty easy for the most part to take care of a road bike.