after a few days of wincing at bandage changes, i'm just pissed at myself for not being more careful. it probably was the slick ground that did me in.
the film on the tires isn't anything to make the new tires look better. it's a whitish residue that makes em look.. not so nice. the stuff can be rubbed off with fingers, kind of like adhesive residue. i guess i should've "broken in" the tires on dry ground. by that i mean rubbing off that stuff simply by riding on them. the center of the tires were clean of it, but the sides still had them by the time i slid since i hadn't turned on them much yet.
sorry bout how all this is written. terrible syntax. cabin fever has set in on account of being immobilized by the fall.
thanks for the replies.