• @spxtz >Shout out to the guy on the green Brooklyn this morning who drafted a bus over Waterloo bridge at 35km/h about 2 inches from its bumper. Proper brakless ninja.

    I don't ride brakeless.
    I get a kick out of it.
    I know it's stupid.
    The only person who can get hurt is me.

  • The only person who can get hurt is me.

    And what about the poor person who witnesses you smash into the back of a bus, possibly ending up under it. Then attempt to resuscitate you, but fails, and then is left emotionally scared for life? Does that count as being hurt?

  • And what about the poor person who witnesses you smash into the back of a bus, possibly ending up under it. Then attempt to resuscitate you, but fails, and then is left emotionally scared for life? Does that count as being hurt?

    Not really, no. I do plenty of things which, if things went badly wrong, might end up with me being killed or seriously injured. Mountain biking, motor racing and off-piste skiing, for example. I don't draft buses, because for me the risk/reward balance doesn't work, but I'm not going to start living my life wrapped up in cotton wool just so that I don't run the risk of upsetting someone if I end up bearing the consequences of my own decisions.

  • This is such a silly argument. Should I stop doing anything in case someone is upset by it? THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!

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