The many dangers of biking

Biking can be fun, exhilarating and a wonderful way to achieve fitness. Besides, pedal-power doesn't pollute!

This said, cycling isn't always for the faint of heart, as the contact area with the pavement, also known as “Contact Patch” isn't that generous on road-bikes, when compared to say, mountain-bikes.

This means that road-bikes offer a far less stable platform, much more exposed to obstacles, potholes and irregularities of the road. All this makes biking more dangerous than car driving.

So when combined with apprehension, fear or previous bad experience, the already thin safety margin that biking offers is even less. Tomorrow we'll try to see what else can happen...