Originally Posted by
TMonk
@
63rickert when exactly did this shift towards increased injury occur, in your opinion? Lance wasn't that long ago.
I am not @
63rickert but I have ridden bikes from every decade for the last 6. Someplace in the 90s bikes got twitchier. They also got a bit faster. I don't think in that time human reflexes got as much faster.
Me - I got beat up too much sub age 20 and sub age 30 so just gave it up, and I was not all that good. But due to my early retirement I still can remember it all and my body works pretty well now.
And while not racing, I think motorists are more aggressive now, and more distracted. Or I am just more aware of it. I don't remember being so concerned on the road when I commuted and raced in the 80s.