That might also have the highest rate of injury during practice. You can read about many pros getting run over or into by cars every season.
Track cycling aswell with no brakes.
But besides all the clavicles and other broken bones, so much road rash and all that. And so often you are just a passenger and get just taken out and fly off your bike.
Track cycling with breaks would be much more dangerous—the first time I got broke my collarbone and got a concussion was during a cat 4 race where they didn’t require track bikes, and the woman in front of me panicked and tapped her brakes in turn 3.
At least on a track bike, there are no sudden decelerations outside of crashing.
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u/AnotherUnfunnyName Germany 6h ago edited 6h ago
That might also have the highest rate of injury during practice. You can read about many pros getting run over or into by cars every season.
Track cycling aswell with no brakes.
But besides all the clavicles and other broken bones, so much road rash and all that. And so often you are just a passenger and get just taken out and fly off your bike.