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Comment by xg15 | Hacker News Reader

OP is probably not wrong, but also the article sounds a bit like written in the Final Destination universe.

I've been on two wheels long enough and have enough titanium in my body to know this shit really does happen

I can imagine handlebars breaking or a wheel suddenly coming loose or a mechanical gearshift just ripping off because you were a dumb teenager and didn't realize that switching while going uphill is a bad idea. (had the pleasure of the last two)

But seatposts "apple-coring" riders through the saddle? What?

Or the chain springing out of the gear just while you're climbing uphill on the wrong side of a road next to busy traffic, and the sudden jolt throwing you off balance and making you sway into the traffic?

I have lost a chain twice on motorcycles! Can definitely be sketchy if you don't react immediately.

And the seatpost thing is one I've heard about - IIRC Peloton had to recall several million stationary bikes because of a similar failure.

Ouch... wouldn't have thought, but thanks for telling.

I had a crank arm snap in half as I was powering up a hill. Got so thrown off balance, I crashed into a parked big rig. That was the lucky outcome

Pretty much all wheeled vehicle safety commentary on the internet is written by people who live in the filter bubble from that universe. Most everyone else rolls their eyes and continues on with their day.

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