While I think you're right it's important to consider crash survivability. The riders I know who diligently do their rehab/prehab/off-bike training tend to survive crashes a lot better than those who "get all the training they need on the bike". Knowing when to push and when to chill is really important too. Watching Friday Fails nicely illustrates what happens when you don't work up carefully to new moves/techniques and don't carefully choose your moment.
I've been hurt plenty but given my tenure it's all been relatively minor and I accept it as the cost of doing business.
May 12, 2022, 8:12 a.m. - Cr4w
While I think you're right it's important to consider crash survivability. The riders I know who diligently do their rehab/prehab/off-bike training tend to survive crashes a lot better than those who "get all the training they need on the bike". Knowing when to push and when to chill is really important too. Watching Friday Fails nicely illustrates what happens when you don't work up carefully to new moves/techniques and don't carefully choose your moment. I've been hurt plenty but given my tenure it's all been relatively minor and I accept it as the cost of doing business.