Holding on to the bars to distribute the pain makes a lot of sense even if the some of the recent clown show bike cop maneuver videos preceding the tear gas and baton assaults on protestors were pretty embarrassing to all riders.
I will keep to keep that advice in mind, which is all I can hope for. Dragging my helmet not so much; in the downhill, switchback, wet road power slides I have been involved in, all I hope for is not having the spoken word bit of Jan & Dean's "Dead Man's Curve" ricochet through my brain.
ETA: And I do love riding clipped in, even though I don't pull up, or even push down that much, truth be told. I just love the feeling of being one with the bike.
Last edited by OldBrokeReCycle; 07-28-20 at 10:54 PM.