Am I paranoid or are we dropping like flies?

i feel it.

that one last week on american / mexican border has spooked me a bit.

cant get that image out of my head.

[QUOTE=asm;193337]Ben, I can understand your paranoia - your crash was something none of us would really be able to avoid, by the sound of things. That makes it hard to brush off 'the fear'. Its just a matter of riding, and racking up an ever-increasing number of succesfully completed rides without suffering injury. The more you don't crash, the less scary it all becomes. :)

Or you could do what i did, and remove your brake. I haven't crashed since I learned how to ride brakeless... figure that one out!

i had a crash a while ago that was completely out of my control. this guy didn't indicate, didn't see me and took a left turn (almost) straight into me...ironically it was probably not having a brake that saved me as i managed to skid along side him. if i'd tried to brake still going forward then i woulda got more than a bruised arse. you can be the safest cyclist but other peoples behaviour is out of your hands. same goes for driving.

the only other time i had an accident - car stopped suddenly in front and i instinctively went for the brake but didn't back brake and consequently went flying into the back of the car! when you have a brake and you have to emergency stop your brain just thinks 'pull the brake' not 'pull the brake and back pedal'! i think the trick is to have a brake but learn how to ride brakeless.

hope your ok.

that fight was so great skeletonboy.

I cycle round the interchange at Vauxhall every morning. I've seen two serious injuries there in the past three months - one of them yesterday. No idea how they happened, but car drivers do seem to care less.