The painful truth
The shocking crashes that punctuated the 2020 pro cycling season remind me why I chose a desk job in a nice warm office rather than the career of bike racer. To paraphrase Woody Allen’s comments about his fear of flying, I’m not scared of riding a bike, I’m scared of crashing it and ending up bloodied and bruised in a tangle of metal and flesh. Racing looks just too damn dangerous.
Cycling at 50kmh shoulder-to-shoulder with 200
