Awoke Saturday to the usual slow breakfast over the Saturday Age. A feature article in the Good Weekend insert put paid to any ideas of relaxed reading. The story featured the diary entries of a woman married to a cyclist who suffered significant brain damage as a result of bike crash. Whilst it was developed into a generally upbeat article (he is said to be recovering well, although will obviously have considerable problems for many years), sometimes I don't want to read or hear about this stuff, especially as I'm about to renew, tentatively, my relationship with my road bike after 6 months (since fractured hip). As my wife was out cycling on Saturday morning, she missed the article, and the Good Weekend section has mysteriously disappeared from our house. News of Brisbane 'accident' doesn't help either. Must remember the zillions of incident free km's otherwise riden.
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Must remember the zillions of incident free km's otherwise riden.
Sorry, no link available for Good Weekend articles.
Had similar thoughts to yours while reading the article. Actually I believe the moral of the story, in relation to cycling, was not to exceed ones limits or skills at any inherently risky activity.
Must remember the zillions of incident free km's otherwise riden.
Sorry, no link available for Good Weekend articles.
Had similar thoughts to yours while reading the article. Actually I believe the moral of the story, in relation to cycling, was not to exceed ones limits or skills at any inherently risky activity.
Hmm, maybe I should remember that advice when contemplating next MTB enduro....
On a serious note though around about forty percent of road trauma involving cars results in a head injury of some sort. Forty six people a day are injured on the road each day in Victoria, yet most people think nothing of jumping in their car. The risks or riding aren't that much greater and the rewards are _much_ more :-)
Yeah yeah, preaching to the converted and all that. -- Cheers Euan
On a serious note though around about forty percent of road trauma involving cars results in a head injury of some sort. Forty six people a day are injured on the road each day in Victoria, yet most people think nothing of jumping in their car. The risks or riding aren't that much greater and the rewards are _much_ more :-)
Yeah yeah, preaching to the converted and all that.
Then come over to aus.invest or aus.cars, where there is currently a thread going on about cycling (though the title of the thread is "buying second-hand cars to save money"😉 where you'll get a decidedly more hostile reception and a much more skeptical audience to preach to...
Then come over to aus.invest or aus.cars, where there is currently a thread going on about cycling (though the title of the thread is "buying second-hand cars to save money"😉 where you'll get a decidedly more hostile reception and a much more skeptical audience to preach to...
Hehe, good to see your persistence Travis. I'm sure you'll wear them down eventually and get some converts, if not grudging acceptance of your arguments. I posted a little helper.
On a serious note though around about forty percent of road trauma involving cars results in a head injury of some sort. Forty six people a day are injured on the road each day in Victoria, yet most people think nothing of jumping in their car. The risks or riding aren't that much greater and the rewards are _much_ more :-)
Yeah yeah, preaching to the converted and all that.
Then come over to aus.invest or aus.cars, where there is currently a thread going on about cycling (though the title of the thread is "buying second-hand cars to save money"😉 where you'll get a decidedly more hostile reception and a much more skeptical audience to preach to...
You have the patience of a saint. I responded to one particularly asinine post but honestly, better things to do with my time. -- Cheers Euan
