How to reduce the risk of cycling

[Fab Foodie]

To be fair, that could have happened if they'd just gone out for a ride with a friend. It's not really a function of the event itself?

Oh I dunno, it's like riding a FNRttC when I turn up ....

I think I get where GrasB is coming from, if you've gone to the effort of applying, and this event is 'special', you get psyched-up (especially with mates), you're more likely to carry-on regardless of the conditions. I was the same with my first Oxford to London night ride, I too was poorly equipped but swept-up with enthusiasm and nearly froze to death by half way. It's called a learning experience. The L2B can be much the same when the weather turns part way. Big events tend to be a triumph of enthsiasm over capability. Twas ever thus.

 

[srw]

I'd completely agree that having an off, and therefore an injury, was more likely on this kind of event than "normal" riding, but the two are completely incomparable.

Not completely incomparable - both are riding a bike on roads, just in different circumstances. And Peter Walker's Guardian quote, referenced in the OP, was doing exactly that.

Whoever said that riding on closed roads was a fantastic experience - oh yes!

 

[theclaud]

Where's our risk-reduction expert @MacB when you need him? He's managed to achieve a state where there's almost no risk of cycling whatever.

 

[cyberknight]

Where's our risk-reduction expert @MacB when you need him? He's managed to achieve a state where there's almost no risk of cycling whatever.

Sounds like my saying at work when the tannoy says " To help reduce the risk of accidents at work " i comment " Dont do any work "

 

[Shut Up Legs]

My 2 cents (pence?): perhaps sportives are a bit more risky than other cycling activities, but I think the benefits outweigh the risks. These sportives help encourage non-cyclists or beginner cyclists to ride, thus helping improve the overall health of the population.

 

[srw]

Curiously enough, in tourist class there was relatively little testosterone and not a little progesterone.