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In March 1998, a piece
of wood flipped into his front wheel and he hit the deck, fracturing his skull
and breaking his neck. He wasn't wearing a helmet then, and back on the bike,
he still isn't: "OK, it might have saved me the odd crack in my skull, but
the top vertebrae are right up under the skull. It could be that the slight
extra momentum provided by a helmet, or a slightly different angle of impact
on the road could have resulted in the Full Christopher Reeves. Or death."
He remains 6'4".