I think I should keep a change of pants at work... came off my bike on a wet wood bridge today (bike went left, completely, like the contact point tracked left and I went pendulum over the top to the right), clipped out a millisecond before the first impact. Hit my hip so hard the OPPOSITE hip was sore from the shock, yikes. Elbow did damage to the wood. XD

My pants are slightly torn now (good pants, too, Lands' End $40 pants I got for $30 ...) and extremely dirty, but they've lasted me about 3 years already with the only other damage being the hems where I've ground the fabric with my heel (kicking my shoes off... not doing that anymore). I'll sew up the pinto-bean-sized tear and pass 'em to Good Will; it's time to buy more work clothes anyway.

Guess I should keep a change of pants at work, or carry a set of clothes in a pannier or CamelBak or whatnot and go in cycling clothes. No shorts though; I need the skin on my legs protected from pavement (and people ask me why I want light body armor for road commuting? I fall off all the time!)

Anyway I need to go clean this scrape on my arm...too late now I guess, it's already healed over; the skin's a little red but it's skin instead of a scrape. started at 69.7 today...