[Jeff Higgins]

As a lifelong road rider, I have to agree with everything that Shaun, Mike, Java, and others have said. We know the risks and accept them. More importantly, my family (and I assume theirs as well) understand both the risks and how important our riding is to us. We all make our own risk vs reward assessments and wind up somewhere in our comfort zones. Some are happier pushing that further than others, some less than others. Thank God we all live in a time and place where we can still make those decisions for ourselves.