There are the okay bunch of trails riders/enduro riders who in my opinion are fine can stay what ever. It is the scalleys on stolen bikes that are the problem. They are the ones that will threaten you. They are also unlikely to be wearing proper kit.
Yes you wouldn’t have to reach escape velocity if you wanted to orbit the earth. But you still have to overcome the acceleration due to gravity to leave the earths surface surely?
second for the mtbbatteries illuminator. Only problem I have had with them is that the flashing mode is way to fast; it hurts my eyes its should be 25% of the current flashing setting.
LeMond won a tour got shot almost died returned and won twice more. His family and his business got threatened by Lance/Trek but he carried on regardless.
What is currently happening is scape-goating. The absolute reality is that if what is happening to LA is the right route, then you might as well write off all professional results for the last 30 years or so, perhaps longer.