Originally Posted by
mjd420nova
The real worries and damage is from the resulting trajectory of the bicycle. Like ski's, snow boards, skate boards and water ski's, bicycles sometimes always find their way back to the rider after departure to inflict even more damage.
FIFY. My bike did not find its way back during my last crash, which resulted in a broken collar bone. Someone in front of me spit a stick out of their back wheel. It got spun up in my front spokes and lodged between the right side of the rim and the inside of the brake caliper, causing the front wheel to lock up at about 16 mph. I went flying sort of right and the bike sort of left.