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17-year-old Boulder cyclist hit by vehicle, killed while training for mountain bike world championships (coloradosun.com)
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[–] rockyrikoko 2 points 1 year ago

Riding a bike on the road is dangerous. Maybe it shouldn't be, but it is. Per the CDC you are more than twice as likely to be killed on any given trip wile riding a bike over a car. Motorcyclists are are over 4 times as likely to die in a crash then bicyclists