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Mountain biking health issues?

cerebus · 2002-12-03 00:16:54

Apart from the usual life and death dangers associated with the whole downhill thing, it now looks like any male riders need to worry about something else :) I came across this article on possible infertility problems today, thought I'd pass it on. I wouldn't be too worried as it looks like anyone who isn't (a) male and…

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03-12-2002 1:16am

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cerebus

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Apart from the usual life and death dangers associated with the whole downhill thing, it now looks like any male riders need to worry about something else

I came across this article on possible infertility problems today, thought I'd pass it on. I wouldn't be too worried as it looks like anyone who isn't (a) male and (b) getting through 3000 miles* on their bike a year should be okay. Still, maybe I'll start looking at full suspension bikes in a whole new light.

/me wanders off to buy some more stem padding...

* Edit: typo fix to change 3000hrs to 3000 miles...

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#2 03-12-2002 10:51pm
TacT

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Yeah a friend of mine mentioned something similar to me a while back, not to worry, only cover an hr odd 3/4 days a week

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