Originally Posted by
Kommisar89
hehe...I've been hit by a truck on my road bike, never did anything worse than scrape my shin on a mountain bike. Still prefer road bikes though
Originally Posted by Cyclotoine
Joe Breeze and his buddies may have been pretty wild and so to are the modern downhill riders, but there are many shades of mountain biking, many of which are much safer than road biking... no cars.
I've had my bell rung quite unexpectedly on a mtn bike.
I thought I would like to try it again when I started spending more time in AZ. I discovered that when you fall (and you do) in AZ, it is on a sharp rock or sharper cactus.
I'm old, but like riding fast, and being old, my mind does wander at times. I can hold a line on a road bike, there is no such thing on a mtn bike.
No thanks, I've been hit on the road, but I'll take my chances.
To each his own.