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[Tumble]

that's precisely it... they don't stop bones breaking... but tbh, a broken bone can be less painfull than the accompianing gravel rash I remember the most pain i experienced when I broke my arm falling off was my skinn-ed elbow sticking to the sling

[Devilbod]

Indeed but it does make you think, glad your ok!
A lot of my friends had off's over the last couple of years - one broken ankle, one broken hip, one broken color bone and serveral broken ribs and a puntured lung.

These where my two and my mates broken ankle (caution rude words ) :
http://www.devilbod.co.uk/bikes_madm...es_crashes.htm

Still wouldn't give up the bike though, enjoy it too much .

[Devilbod]

Leathers do a number of things, support and protect mainly but in terms of gravel rash they can take a lot more damage (road distance) than almost all other materials, kevelar is the only one that comes close. Gravel Rash can go thought flesh and bone in seconds, think of when you used to fall off you push bike when you were little - you'd only be doing about a couple of mph and you wouldn't even travel a foot down the road but you'd end up with a hole on you knee, if thats a foot imagine what happens when travel 100 yards.

Leathers also will make you less likely to 'bounce' along the road, you will slide instead, meaning your less likely to break all you bones.
As for support if they are good quality they can stop broken bones, because they hold you muscles tight to the bone and any impact is absorbed over a wider area, I'm living proof of this my second crash I ended up with a black bruise from my groin too my knee, without leathers I more than likley would have shattered the bone.

The same goes for boots too, good bike boots are designed to slide rather than catch on the floor like trainers/doc martins will, when a boot catch it will just twist your ankle until a bone snap - with boots that isn't likley to happen.

The down side of course is the price £500 - £1000 for a decent suit and £100 -£200 for decent boots .

Sorry if this seems a little ott, but it's not. Too many people risk too much becuase of the extra hassle involved in putting the stuff on.
A lot of people put the blame for bike accidents at the riders door which is wrong saying stuff like 'you'll kill yourself riding one of those things', almost all the time it will be somebody that 'doesn't see you' that will knock you off and these days I tend to reply to people that say 'you'll kill yourself' with 'No. YOU will probably kill me."

[Rave]

Sorry if this seems a little ott, but it's not. Too many people risk too much becuase of the extra hassle involved in putting the stuff on. A lot of people put the blame for bike accidents at the riders door which is wrong saying stuff like 'you'll kill yourself riding one of those things', almost all the time it will be somebody that 'doesn't see you' that will knock you off and these days I tend to reply to people that say 'you'll kill yourself' with 'No. YOU will probably kill me."

True. When I got well into bikes as a teenager, the statistics were that at least 80% of accidents involving a bike and another vehicle were the other vehicle driver's fault. Since the mid-90s a lot more 'born-agains' have bought superbikes, and scooters have become wildly popular with kids so the statistic isn't quite that now, but it's still far more likely to be the other vehicle's fault.

I haven't got a bike at the moment (being poor sucks) but I'd never go out without wearing proper gear (although in fairness I'd be tempted to just wear gloves, boots and jacket riding round town when it's hot). I still see people riding around not even wearing gloves, and I always want to go up to them and shout "you MORON!".

BTW doctor_prox, if the crash was caused by a pothole, or dodgy road surface or something you should complain to the council; for a start they'll fix it so nobody else crashes, and you might be able to claim compensation from them for the damage to the bike and yourself.

Rich :¬)

[XTR]

Grated penis!!! ewwwww



i've always had one opinion that motorbikes have 2 wheels missing

[megatron]

That guy should have rolled over. My bike went down on its side and my knee touched the road, i must have pulled that leg up cause I got a tiny scar on the front-side of my hip, and then I rolled to my back where I had a £400 leather Jacket on. I somehow busted my belt - the metal buckle was on the road.

[Rave]

Yeah, that story sounds like BS the more I think about it. There's no way you could grate your todger off at 30mph; 130mph maybe. For a start you'd do well to slide 20 yards at 30mph, let alone 200yds. For a second, would you just lie there flat on your front while your bits got grated? I personally would at least twist my hips even if I couldn't roll over.

Now I read a story in a bike magazine, supposedly from a paramedic. Still doesn' mean it's true obviously, but I think it's more likely. Anyway, this paramedic found a corpse completely naked, with very little skin left, lying in a pool of blood by a motorway. Eventually the police figured out what had happened; the guy had come off his 'Blade at 120 wearing only jeans and t-shirt. The slide along the road had ripped all his clothes off and enough of his skin for him to bleed to death (or die of shock, more likely).

Rich :¬)

[Devilbod]

Rich I thought it was a big wind up until one of my mates pointed out that if he had an stiffy, still it makes you think .

I've read that other story too it was covered by Performance Bikes.
There are a few pics on the web of Gravel Rash mainly to hands - but I'll only post a link if it's ok with the admin. They are grim. Very Grim.

[megatron]

Never underestimate the power of the gravel to bite ur nuts off! My wing mirror got completely ground down to about half its width. Its made of whatever they make fairings out of (like plastic or something). Just think how many hours and how much force u would need to grind that wing mirror down with a hand held file or something. I don't believe the final off speed was that great for me either.

[Rave]

There are a few pics on the web of Gravel Rash mainly to hands - but I'll only post a link if it's ok with the admin. They are grim. Very Grim.

Yeah, in my last crash (got knocked off by a car at 15-20mph) I managed to cut my fingers quite nastily even though I was wearing (cheap) leather gloves. If I can ever afford a bike again, the gloves I buy will be proper expensive, I quite fancy those Daineses with carbon fibre on the knuckles.

Rich :¬)