[adouglas]

I hear this all the time. Most recently this morning:

"There are two kinds of riders. Those who have crashed, and those who will."

I call b*llsh!t. I do not accept that crashing is inevitable.

Just my $0.02. Feel free to disagree.

Let's put this nonsense in context.

"There are two kinds of pedestrians. Those who have gotten hit by a car, and those who will."

"There are two kinds of swimmers. Those who have drowned, and those who will."

"There are two kinds of cooks. Those who have cut a fingertip off with a sharp knife, and those who will."

"There are two kinds of men. Those who have gotten a woman pregnant, and those who will."

Insane statements, right? Yet they use the exact same flawed logic.

Do I believe I will never crash? Of course not! Crashes happen. Believing you're immune is just as absurd as believing it's inevitable.

But I never get on the bike assuming that a crash WILL happen. That mindset makes it more likely to occur.