I have not yet had a fall on the road bike- but that is because I don't ride it hard emough.

But MTB's- Every ride had an incident. That was over 4 years ago and the first thing you knew about a fall was when the back/knee/shoulder hurt and the bike was upside down- with me still clipped in. But did a road ride on the MTB and went down on Ice. No damage till a few miles later and I had to take an aspirin- I had a headache. Took the helmet off and saw that it was scraped almost through the Styren.

But any hard knock on a helmet and replace it. Had a fall one ride and it must have been two rides later that the helmet creaked when I put it on. Checked it out and all that was holding it together was the flimsy outer casing.

Glad there is no major damage to you or the bike- but those scrapes- Sound painfull and it is- Wash them clean with surgical spirit. I know it stings like mad and I am a masochist- but it stops the pain for a few hours at least.

It's an old trick I learnt from the sadists in the hospital in the Marines. I had feet attached to my blisters once and I had 5 days treatment like this. Never had a foot blister since.