Re: Getting old is not for sissies

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:31:08 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 2/28/2025 11:24 AM, cyclintom wrote:

On Fri Feb 28 11:14:11 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

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Sorry to hear that. I was riding over lumpy wet ice in a gravel parking
lot yesterday. I was very conscious that falls can now have much worse
consequences than they once did.
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But I think it's still important to keep giving ourselves reasonable
challenges, to maintain skill and agility.

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I expect that your old steel touring bike is more apt for conditions like thqat than Andrew's higher performqance bike.

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Wheelbase, tire width, tread or rider position would make no
difference leaning into a turn over ice.

 I suspect that riding a Catrike on ice would be really fun.
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C'est bon
Soloman