Originally Posted by
RTDub
Tulex, I'll agree with you to a point, but I took away from this thread what umd intended. Base layers can help minimize the road rash. Gravity doesn't care if you are riding in a group or hit a pothole descending a hill on a commute. Often times an accident is just that, and it cannot be planned for except in hindsight. Live and learn, or in this case, ride and learn

I get that. And if this had been a solo ride that he went down on, it wouldn't have gone 2 pages. Well, unless it was the result of running a stop sign.