Mountain Biking More Popular Than Ever

On Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:51:44 PM UTC-7, Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Thursday, July 19, 2012 5:00:23 AM UTC-7, Blackblade wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:55:10 PM UTC+1, Trevor wrote:
>
> > I am well aware that I am *not* invulnerable, as I'm sure every other
> > mountain biker is. Why don't you give us a break and try going after
> > skiers or rock climbers for a while? (Although I'm sure they're also
> > already aware of their mortality.) Or maybe some hikers - I know one in
> > particular who seems to think it's so safe that he probably needs a
> > reminder that it's not.
>
> However, as the article in the Lancet this week shows the most dangerous thing of all is to do nothing. Over 5 million deaths caused by inactivity !

That says NOTHING about teh danger of mountain biking.

> And, given that Mountain Bike Rider publishes, every month, pictures sent in by injured riders and has, on its site, a Top 10 Worst Crashes article I don't think anyone is pretending that accidents don't happen.

Yes, you are. No mountain biker has EVER initiated a discussion of accidents in this newsgroup, in almost 20 years. Only I have.

>We all know they do ... we just choose to take the risk ... greater or lower depending on activity type, speed and location.

BS. The people who have died or became seriously injured wouldn't have mountain biked, had they known the danger. DUH! They all assume that it will only happen to someone else.

P.S. We won't have to wrack our brains trying to think of an appropriate obituary in the future for mountain bikers. It's always going to be "WHOOPS, another dead mountain biker".