Re: Cyclist dead

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On 15 Feb 2025 14:06:50 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
 

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:17:42 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 2/14/2025 7:59 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

On 2/14/2025 12:57 PM, AMuzi wrote:

https://realdealnews.org/2025/02/14/extreme-sports-influencer-dies-
while-cycling-down-volcano/

Live for a thrill and you get to die for the thrill. This does not make
sense to me at all.

 
Agreed. "Influencers" who do hyper-risky tricks to gain followers and
make money do nobody any good. They probably inspire other fools to lose
at risky tricks. And as in this case, they trigger public spending to
rescue them from their failures.

 
For many people, risk is the spice of life. For others, it's something
to be avoided.
 
--
C'est bon
Soloman
 

 
Kinda depends on if one understands the risks. I’ll take some risks cycling
and others I’ll pass I tend to avoid jumps beyond just riding off a step
off etc.
 
Roger Merriman

 
Of course it does. Everyone gets to decide for themselves and that's
how it's supposed to be. I never wanted to die in bed, but that's
probably how it's going to be. The older I get, the less I concern
myself with risks, but also, the less physically capable I am to do
the risky stuff.
 
--
C'est bon
Soloman
 

I’d make judgment calls about some stuff, where the risk vs reward as I’ve
got older etc isn’t really worth it, and frankly is probably getting beyond
what my MTB was designed to cope with.

Less the durability more the geometry, DH etc bikes are long and slack for
a reason.

Roger Merriman