Originally Posted by
furiousferret
Although evaluating an array of hobbies, bike racing is more dangerous than badminton, knitting, football, and hockey.
A friend of mine does paragliding (like hang gliding, but with a parachute kind of setup) and talks about his 'wing folding' and going in to a downward spiral at 2k feet, then somehow pulling out of it.. yikes!
But yeah, bike racing is definitely risky - there's no way around it. Road riding/commuting is even riskier.
Hockey though.. I thought it was kind of a joke that hockey players have missing teeth, then saw a game on TV recently and realized it's not a joke at all. What if someone was in to recreational/weekend hockey and came in to worth with missing teeth?!