Originally Posted by
Caad 8
I don't see why crashing has to take off skin. I'm pretty sure you could have a hard crash without getting skin taken off.
Yea... no. The only time I crashed without taking skin off was at relatively low speed and in street cloths - IOWs, not a hard crash and certainly not in a competitive situation. Both knees, both elbows, my left hand, and my right shoulder all bear marks from my various race crashes.
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