Please respect my individuality.

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I think we've all done our share of really crazy stuff when we were young, so it's not "judging." It's just protecting ourselves emotionally against the big crash that you're inviting for yourself. On the chance that you hadn't thought about how dangerous it is to motorpace with any inexperienced driver anywhere, let alone on public roads in rush hour traffic, we pointed that out to you. Since you've chosen to ignore that advice, this is going to sound cold, but I'd rather that you be a stranger than a friend to me when you go under the wheels of that SUV.

I apologize Kate if I sounded negative to you. But like Oak, it is abit hard for myself personally to understand your method of self-training, by courting death. Yin, your partner is a human driver. She's not a robot. She also could make errors or yourself. For instance, How would you know there would never be black ice on the road in winter to cause you to fall? I've fallen twice on black ice on the road....going slowly up a hill. I've also been hit by a car as a pedestrian, so definitely I know I am not infallible/invincible and probably way more cautious cyclist than ..someone like you.

Oak is absolutely right that some women here in TE form personal face-to-face friendships and that comes from understanding more about each other in terms of personal details. I personally have met 7 women via TE forums.

I also spent considerable time and words describing my own weight, health since I believe I am low in BMI also and had my experiences with loss of periods. But unlike you, a different experience physiologically. I did give you a thoughtful response, but i wondered if I was wasting my words..to a troll.

Other than the fact you have a nice bike, had this health problem and like to car-pace via bike, that's all we know about you. Do you cycle long distances on weekends when not working?