| Re: Hazard of cycling as we get older
"Joe Davidson" <interguru@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am 62 and getting older at the rate of one year per year. Since
> childhood I have bicycled, both around the block and on 450 mile per
> week tours. My bicycle is my most important material possession.
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> Recently a friend my age fell and broke his hip. He is now fully
> healed, but has sworn off bicycles saying that the injury rate
> increases sharply as we age. Another friend, who has not been
> injured, has quit for the same reason.
>
> Does anyone know if this is true? Please tell me it is not.
What difference does it make? Would you stop riding if you learned it did?
I hope not. Ride until they pry your cold, dead fingers off the handlebars.
Perry
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