[Hugh R]

Sorry to hear. I've been almost killed twice (literally) on road bikes. One time I was given the Last Rites at the Catholic hospital they took me to. Both times I was in ICU for a week or more. Both times were the cars fault. One turned left right in front of me and I t-boned him, the other time I was at a traffic light and got rear-ended and thrust into cross traffic. I won't ride a bike in the big city ever again. Open country roads when I "retire" out of Los Angeles, to Arkansas or something, maybe.