Originally Posted by
genejockey
I haven't crashed since 1995. In the 7 years I've been recording rides on Strava, I've done 13,000 miles without crashing even once. It's not really something a lot of us do a lot of, or even any of, so when you talk about crashing dozens of times, and you say you're, what, 25? it doesn't fill us with admiration for your bikehandling skills.
I consider myself fairly safe rider and even I have crashed more than a handful of times in the last decade.... of course that was 3 or 4 crashes in races that happened in front of me that I was slightly caught up in. 3-4 cyclocross racing, practice wipeouts and 1 riding along on a path without anyone else and hitting a disguised deep hole hard enough that my hands came off the bars and I ate dirt.
so yeah... I would consider myself virtually crash free outside of competitive events.
....and for the record I don't count bumping wheels when on the group ride and the rider in front of you gets out of the saddle without having their weight on the pedal so they run backwards into you.... as long as everyone stays upright it's not a wreck.
