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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: "Danger! Danger!" - or not!
Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 16:45:38 -0400
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On 31 May 2025 20:08:40 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:

>cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Fri May 30 20:43:02 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Zen is apparently the only one posting here who still races. He should 
>>> take comfort in the fact that they found racing to be safer than badminton!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And you don't find those numbers peculiar? What injuries are sustained in
>> badmitten as opposed to riding down mountain passes in the rain at 50 mph?
>> 
>
>Very few racers will be regularly riding down mountain passes, and to be
>honest while the speed clearly makes any crash potentially serious, in my
>experience they aren’t particularly dangerous, relatively good sight lines,
>so on.
>
>Roger Merriman

I don't what was the intended purpose of that nonsense survey, but it
was clearly bullshit that was eagerly gobbled up by people who believe
whatever garbage they're fed.

--
C'est bon
Soloman