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20-08.-2007, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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New Rider - Just Got My First Bicycle....
I'm pretty pumped. I figured I'd ride into work (11 miles) Mon/Wed/Fri. I'll give myself a week or so to build up, then I'm planning on hitting the roads...
But after reading this forum, I'm really not sure I want to. Does anyone have any hard data on the likelyhood of a serious injury for every bicycle mile ridden vs. every car mile driven? I just want to save myself some time at the gym, riding to work would kill two birds with one stone; but form what I'm reading here it sounds like it might not be worth it. Is it just that people rarely post about all their perfectly safe trips? |
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20-08.-2007, 11:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 363
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Re: New Rider - Just Got My First Bicycle....
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I think you answered it yourself... it basically is similar to news, "whatever bleeds, leads!"... |
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22-08.-2007, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: New Rider - Just Got My First Bicycle....
Yeah I actually fedel pretty confident when I ride that I will be safe. sure I have had a couple of small incidents but honestly overall I feel safer on a bike then when I am in a car. I live in a county with the highest vehicle accident rates in the whole great state of North Carolina. But when I ride I ride on some pretty busy streets and I take up most of the lane and well I feel good that I am safe. You will get some stares and some people the honk but that is part of the fun for me. I love to piss off society!
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