BBC NEWS | Magazine | Chain reaction
Over on the BBC cycling is making a comeback [via Senji; for all your quality cycling links]
bq. But cycling is still very safe, says Mr Mason, because on average you would have to cycle non-stop for 96 years before you were killed.
Even Lance Armstrong might not be able to do that. Although, he is super human. During the Tour Du France, I converted my watch to report kilometres. I can get up to 35km/h and do an average of about 20km/h (mainly because of the poorly designed cycle paths; I have to keep stopping). On the Tour they came down the mountains at 60km/h. And those cobbles in Paris must really hurt!