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@Ramsaye
My diet, when considered along side my family history of heart disease and diabeties, is dangerous.
Cycling is more likely to prolong my life than shorten it, on this basis it is far from dangerous.
Other people sometimes pose a danger to me, be they pedestrians, drivers or surprise attempted yentzers. These are people being dangerous, not an activity or mode of transport.
I can do things to minimise the danger they pose, like riding no handed playing air guitar so they think I am mad and give me a wide berth. Other things I have picked up from bits of training also help to mitigate the risks that other people take around me.
I shall continue to cycle and I hope to live longer than most of my male relatives from previous generations have.