"Momento mori" sums up my thoughts on this topic both because of the risks of crashing or getting hit while cycling, and also because riding a bike makes us aware of our bodies and how they change over time (and that they will not last forever). I've been hit before and hurt badly when crashing, and I know that my risk of facing death goes up whenever I throw a leg over a bike, but I make a deliberate choice to continue to do so anyways because I see riding bikes as part of living to the fullest and a valuable thing to do with some of the finite amount of time I have left to live.