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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: RE: Re: Getting old is not for sissies
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:31:08 -0600
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On 2/28/2025 11:24 AM, cyclintom wrote:
> On Fri Feb 28 11:14:11 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:
>>
>> Sorry to hear that. I was riding over lumpy wet ice in a gravel parking
>> lot yesterday. I was very conscious that falls can now have much worse
>> consequences than they once did.
>>
>> But I think it's still important to keep giving ourselves reasonable
>> challenges, to maintain skill and agility.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I expect that your old steel touring bike is more apt for conditions like thqat than Andrew's higher performqance bike.

Wheelbase, tire width, tread or rider position would make no 
difference leaning into a turn over ice.

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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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