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...while I appreciate the advice about not crashing (really, I do. I'm old,) I think it's pretty important to recognize that if you cannot accept the possibility that you might fall off it, you probably ought to reconsider getting on a bicycle in the first place. It's one of the inherent risks, and it's why we wear helments. I certainly wouldn't wear a stupid helment here, in 100* weather, if I knew for sure I wasn't gonna crash. (Hopefully this short digression will not pull this thread over into the planetary orbit of the Helment Thread. If it does, I apologize in advance.)
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