pretty stupid behaviour, TBH. It's all very well bombing down a descent @35-40 mph on a bike, after having slogged your guts out to get up the hill, but if you have a tyre suddenly blow out doing that speed, someone or something comes out of a side entrance, or you hit a slippery spillage on the road surface, you are going to have a very serious, and possibly fatal, accident.
Have to disagree, here is a quote from an email to a friend after I recently fell off
"Yeah, but careful when the wheels are spinning well? Sorry I am, lass, I just enjoy that sort of riding.
Specialist? He does right hand and left hand clavicles on men and women. Not very special at all. OK, only broken ones, sort of special. Maybe. Back in ten days for a progress check.
Gravel rash right shoulder, elbow, knee. And left hand. All calmed down now, thankfully. And yes I am in a sling, a super dooper blue strappy sling with adjustments everywhere, each one more painful than the one before."
We all ride our own way, yes?