Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
I see so many posts that gloves are critical to protect your hands in a wreck. IME keeping your hands in (close to the body) when you wreck is the key to protecting the skin and bones in your hands (lessons I learned over years of snowboarding). For example, see the high speed wreck from the Tour, Hirschi isn't wearing gloves, keeps hands in until he slows. He gets back on and gets back racing. Clearly his hands weren't badly damaged wrecking without gloves.
https://www.nbcsports.com/video/tour...ashes-stage-18
Silly to wear seatbelt in cars too....as the wreck starts you should just get out of the car.
...or helmets. Just hold your head from hitting things then you don't need a helmet.