On 17/12/13 10:23, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 17/12/2013 10:02, pcb1962 wrote:
On 17/12/13 08:42, JNugent wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25366998

"on a bike you are close to death"
hmm, a rather odd thing to say

yes, there is no risk while riding a bicycle, except when you ride into
a fence or a lorry, or a pothole, or a river, or the sea, or into a lamp
post, or a train, or just fall off, oh, actually..........

Nobody said there are no risks, but given that 99.999% (at a rough
guess) of bicycle journeys are completed without fatality I think that
'you are close to death' is rather overstating the danger.