I used to do the Montauk century and it was always very scary from a Fred-factor perspective. I did the Paris-Roubaix Sportive in 2006, and doing it again in June, and it was really safe, but likely because no one in their right mind would do that without understanding what it entailed. 2400 starters, only 6 women (which underscores women being way more intelligent then men).I've done many of these rides. This was the first time I've ever had a problem. This was about 3,000 riders. I've done one with 13,000 riders before and didn't have a single incident. All that said, this was likely my last group ride on this scale. Sub-10 cyclists type rides from here on out.
Aerobars belong on TT bikes and nothing else. NOTHING!
One exception I was happy to make was back in 2013 when I rode STP (Seattle to Portland cycling event) there was a guy doing it on a unicycle that had this stand coming off the seat post that came up at an angle to a pair of aerobars. For that I can make an exception. 203 miles is a long way to go on a bike, let alone a unicycle and the dude clearly needed a place to put his arms.
My helmet is beyond the life of its manufacturer's crash replacement program as I've had it for five or six years without so much as a bump. Yesterday's crash was fortunate in that I kept my head up the entire time and the helmet never touched the ground. It lives to fight another day!
I'm cool with aerobars in Singlespeed World Champs perhaps, but otherwise agree with you. Incidentally, the last time I was in Seattle was SSCXWC in 2010. The alley cat qualifier was awesome.
I've done helmet replacement with Giro and Bell and both were very cool and gave me credits. I think both were 3yr old helmets. Give them a call, worst thing they do is say no. As I wrote in the other post, it's your skull, treat it well!
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