Mud and wet leaves? Ours are all icy and crunchy by now...

It takes me longer to assess if anything's broken and how I am after a fall. When I was younger, I tried to pop right up to make sure no one saw me fall. Now, I lay there hoping that someone will come by and help me get up.

Did a bad faceplant over-the-bars fall on the MTB on a steep/stepped descending course last fall. I bailed and wedged the front wheel between two larger rocks. Wham...slide/grind...dust cloud. Youngsters at the bottom stopped chatting with one another, looked over and said, "dude, are you okay?". I said that I would let them know once I had cleared the dirt from my mouth... Bruised but not broken, fortunately.