Mountain Biking - A little reminder to buy leg armour

Finally got my new bike. No pics yet; forgot to use the camera we actually packed :rolleyes: but this is a pic 20 minutes before I decided to go and protect my legs from becoming ground beef. Hucked off a set of stairs at the University and my foot slipped when I was stopping. The pedal came around and really ripped my leg good. Here is the "clean" version. :)

yummy :)

ahhhhh memories...thanx for the flashbacks before I bought mine. :)

nice flesh wound.

nasty!!
could have ben worse. it could have been on your shin.

I've had worse walking to the car! :D

Another reason to go clipless!

Try that but on the other side of the leg, where the bone is. And still don't want to go clipless, I feel more comfortable having my legs "free". But leg armor is the way to go either way.

Originally posted by cyberhazard
Another reason to go clipless!

Bah...blasphemy...

I did that on my friends pedal back in the 8th grade trying to do a front pogo! Yea, I know how that feels. Excuse me, my leg is tingling again...

CLIPLESSSSSSS

Clipless = less risk of falling, more damage when taking the fall.

anybody here ever have a set of those nasty black widow pedals? I have a dent, yes a dent in my shin from where the pedal caught me on several occasions.http://www.totalbmx.com.au/images/pedals/Odyssey_blackwidow_AApro.jpg