"too scared that something might happen to you"? no amount of scared girlfriends or newborns will ever keep me off the bike. what the hells the point if you can't ride? I'd be looking for creative ways to kill myself thru risk. if you can't ride, then life is over anyway. that was a condition early on in my wife's and my relationship. no matter what happens, don't ever ask me to stop riding. cause between her and the bike, I WILL choose the bike. not because I value it more than her. but because she would have made me make the choice. can't have that. if I get 3 limbs chopped off, I'm still gonna ride. if I am a single father of a dozen kids, I'm still gonna ride, and possibly orphan them all. and? life is tough. some things we should never have to sacrifice. especially not for a GF with slightly elevated blood pressure and a genetically linked hairless infant primate. ok rant over. I don't mean to be critical. its your life, and I'm not trying to call you soft core or anything. my comments were the first thoughts that came to me when I tried to put myself in your shoes. its your life, and I assume you know how to live it better than me. I just find the idea of quitting for any reason short of at least one death unacceptable, to me. sorry about your decision. I hope it works for you.