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[Closed] Think cycling is dangerous in the uk?

 DT78
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Interesting article about US stats....
http://qz.com/160598/eleven-reasons-why-bicycling-in-the-us-is-exceptionally-dangerous/


 
Posted : 23/12/2013 2:27 pm
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Driving always seems dangerous enough to me in the USA never mind road cycling. I stick to MTB in the USA.


 
Posted : 23/12/2013 2:51 pm
 chip
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Yes but aren't mountain bikers always getting eaten by mountain lions.


 
Posted : 23/12/2013 4:30 pm
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...yeah, snakes too, which is why they justifiably 'tool up' for a ride.


 
Posted : 23/12/2013 4:47 pm
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At our US Xmas party one of the guys got a gun cleaning kit for his present!

Our IT guy. "I always check for 3 things when leaving the house; phone, wallet, gun"

Land of the free ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 23/12/2013 4:50 pm
 br
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[i]Driving always seems dangerous enough to me in the USA never mind road cycling.[/i]

This, is my experience too - especially the artics with nothing to stop you going between the cab wheels and the trailer wheels.


 
Posted : 23/12/2013 5:07 pm
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"I always check for 3 things when leaving the house; phone, wallet, gun"

Is that so he can shoot the lock off when he gets home again ๐Ÿ™„


 
Posted : 23/12/2013 8:33 pm
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Rode with some guys from maverick a few years ago in the alps and got told about a narrow miss with a crossbow bolt!


 
Posted : 23/12/2013 8:39 pm
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isn't [i]everything [/i]more dangerous in the US of A?


 
Posted : 24/12/2013 10:23 am