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riding both motorcycles and bicycles I never have felt as safe on the bicycle as my motorcycle. Part of that might come from wearing a full face helmet and prot
by Shivetya 12y ago
riding both motorcycles and bicycles I never have felt as safe on the bicycle as my motorcycle. Part of that might come from wearing a full face helmet and protective gear on the motorcycle but even if I had the same protective gear regular bicycle helmets just feel wrong. The sensation of speed is wholly different, speeds over the mid twenties on the bicycle feel as dangerous as speeds on the motorcycle over a hundred.
Still nothing disappoints me more than the number of children I see riding everyday without any protection
- learnstats2 12y agoOK, but your perception is wrong. http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/Risk/transporttrav.html http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/Risk/transportt... Motorcyclists are 3 times more likely to die per kilometre.
- brightsize 12y agoI agree with you about the feeling of danger, as related to speed, that you get on a bicycle vs a motorcycle. There's a very long, fairly steep hill near here that I bike ever so often, and on the coast down I make it a point to not use the brakes, which takes a lot of nerve. I probably never get going faster than 25-30mph but it's close to terrifying. Sometimes on the descent I remind myself that "on my motorcycle this would feel like nothing at all". I don't think the feeling is, for me, a function of protective gear, it's more the perception of stability as function of mass/inertia. Motorcycles want to keep going straight, bikes not so much.