I know an English guy who's wife was killed by a refrigerator, that fell out of cargo plane back about 20 years ago. This happened whilst they were relaxing on chairs out in the garden in Shefeild. He took up cycling and toured around the world to help himself get through it and was hit by a wheel from a small plane flying near Bankstown Airport Sydney and killed !0 years almost to the day later. When you're gunna go, you're gunna go!

Agreed.

I'm near your age, and have had similar experiences. Except mine included two broken leg bones, a destroyed meniscus, two skull fractures, and a broken neck.

Got a LOT of crap saying I need to stop riding. Heck, my Dad still thinks I should give it up.

But overall I'm WAY healthier now than before I started riding. And I've come to pretty much hate wasting my time sitting on the couch.

So I thought about what everybody was saying, and made up my own mind. I decided to keep on riding, but try to be safer - keep my wheels on the ground (mostly), more & better safety equipment, and better (I hope) risk assessment. The result has been no serious accidents in five years, so I say I made the right choice.

Steve Z

You're only 1 year older than I am and I have zero intentions of giving up any time soon. Gotta fight the good fight.

But yes, you might be crazy.