footloose
10 kW
I think I'm a pretty 'normal' e-bike enthusiast.
And I think most e-bike enthusiasts probably... take some risks in life.
They say cats have 9 lives. How many do we have?
I'm ~60 years old.
In my life, at least 5 events could have killed me.
In fact, a couple of them should have.
Should have enough so... that I sometimes wonder whether they actually did, and I'm really living in some kind of very nice afterlife at this point.
Quick rundown:
1: Motorcycle accident. (Right of way at controlled intersection; older driver in Oldsmobile; lot's of eye contact; he pulled out in front of me anyway. I had 2 seconds to decide on impact point and survival strategy: behind front wheel, ahead of windshield, somersault across the hood, and go flying. My back still hurts.)
2: Recreational pharmaceuticals event as a youth.
3: 220V blow dryer exploded in my hand while standing barefoot in wet bathroom after shower in Australia. Smell the ozone.
4: Over the handlebars while riding down mountain in Colorado. AC joint destroyed, cracked vertebrae, broken ribs. Remember somebody saying "dude, you really wiped out" while I spazzed around on ground and attempted to wiggle fingers.
5: Tropical storm, south Pacific. Wrong place, wrong time. Shakedown cruise of a small refitted dive boat. Engine failed during storm. Got ugly for a while.
Plus a bunch of lighter-weight near-death stuff narrowly dodged :wink:
And I still persist in strapping high-power, high-torque, experimental power systems with China-market quality control on a consumer bike frame and hitting the go button? Am I a slow learner? Or an enthusiast for living life to the max?
Ah well, who knows.
Without asking for details, I'm interested in: how many near-death experiences have others had? How did they affect your approach to life?
And I think most e-bike enthusiasts probably... take some risks in life.
They say cats have 9 lives. How many do we have?
I'm ~60 years old.
In my life, at least 5 events could have killed me.
In fact, a couple of them should have.
Should have enough so... that I sometimes wonder whether they actually did, and I'm really living in some kind of very nice afterlife at this point.
Quick rundown:
1: Motorcycle accident. (Right of way at controlled intersection; older driver in Oldsmobile; lot's of eye contact; he pulled out in front of me anyway. I had 2 seconds to decide on impact point and survival strategy: behind front wheel, ahead of windshield, somersault across the hood, and go flying. My back still hurts.)
2: Recreational pharmaceuticals event as a youth.
3: 220V blow dryer exploded in my hand while standing barefoot in wet bathroom after shower in Australia. Smell the ozone.
4: Over the handlebars while riding down mountain in Colorado. AC joint destroyed, cracked vertebrae, broken ribs. Remember somebody saying "dude, you really wiped out" while I spazzed around on ground and attempted to wiggle fingers.
5: Tropical storm, south Pacific. Wrong place, wrong time. Shakedown cruise of a small refitted dive boat. Engine failed during storm. Got ugly for a while.
Plus a bunch of lighter-weight near-death stuff narrowly dodged :wink:
And I still persist in strapping high-power, high-torque, experimental power systems with China-market quality control on a consumer bike frame and hitting the go button? Am I a slow learner? Or an enthusiast for living life to the max?
Ah well, who knows.
Without asking for details, I'm interested in: how many near-death experiences have others had? How did they affect your approach to life?