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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Happiness is riding my motorcycle alone on a long twisty road with a beautiful view.

    Hearing my bike scream as I work through the gears hunting for the next apex, the next exit, accelerating out of a turn and setting up for the next braking zone.

    The world ceases to exist and I simply flow.

    Happiness is my son yelling out dad as he sees me and he runs to hug me. It’s his laughter as we race around, its his curiosity and glowing smile as I show him a new bug, as he pets a dog, or eats new food.

    Happiness is my wife cuddling up to me on a cold night, safe and satisfied with the life we have built together.

    Happiness is knowing my work matters, that I have done it well, and improved my community and country through my effort. It is the sweat on my brow and the sun on my back after a hard days labor. Or my weary eyes, grainy from staring at a monitor and the satisfied grin as I evict an attacker from a network.












  • Not a new injury, not particularly disturbing and to top it off

    e-bikes are considerably heavier than conventional bicycles, often weighing around 30kg

    My 90’s steel frame competition cross country bike weighed close to 30kg.

    All they’re seeing are the consequences of people who can’t ride but suddenly have the ability to go ‘fast’ around traffic.

    …….

    Research suggests that severe injuries are more strongly associated with factors such as older agealcohol use and collisions with motor vehicles than with the type of bicycle itself.

    Once these factors are taken into account, injured ebike riders are no more likely to require hospital admission than conventional cyclists.

    Oh so exactly as I expected.