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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Cyclist dead
Date: 15 Feb 2025 14:06:50 GMT
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Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:17:42 -0500, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/14/2025 7:59 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
>>> On 2/14/2025 12:57 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>> https://realdealnews.org/2025/02/14/extreme-sports-influencer-dies- 
>>>> while-cycling-down-volcano/
>>> Live for a thrill and you get to die for the thrill. This does not make 
>>> sense to me at all.
>> 
>> Agreed. "Influencers" who do hyper-risky tricks to gain followers and 
>> make money do nobody any good. They probably inspire other fools to lose 
>> at risky tricks. And as in this case, they trigger public spending to 
>> rescue them from their failures.
> 
> For many people, risk is the spice of life. For others, it's something
> to be avoided.
> 
> --
> C'est bon
> Soloman
> 

Kinda depends on if one understands the risks. I’ll take some risks cycling
and others I’ll pass I tend to avoid jumps beyond just riding off a step
off etc.

Roger Merriman