Risky, Riskier and Riskiest...riding when it's frosty?

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I gotta add another risk factor and that's lack of impact activities. I've known way, way too many cyclists who've cracked a bunch of ribs, or way worse, from what should've been minor tip-overs. Studies have shown that even young male cyclists have reduced bone density when that's the only activity they sweat with.

Oak, that's an interesting thought, and one of the reasons I took up running as well. I figured that it would improve bone density in the legs and hips, I didn't know it could help bone density throughout the body. As an aside, though, I used to get terrible aches and pains all over my upper body when I first started running after only biking for a long time, it felt like someone had punched me. I think it was just the impact shaking things up that hadn't been shaken up for a long time. Which is a little embarrassing, actually.