Originally Posted by
TLit
I held on to the bike as I took the fall, bruising my left outer lower hand and my right arm below elbow which was worse, several inches of a bruised scrape.
Seems like you handled it well. Sticking out your arm, to break the fall, is more likely to result in a broken wrist, arm, or clavicle.
Originally Posted by
Jeff Neese
Anything that's small enough that you don't see until the last minute is probably not going to cause a crash.
Speed, terrain, lighting, etc, can all make it more difficult to see even small objects.
Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I have mild color blindness, and one of the biggest problems I have is that objects on the road are harder for me to see than for people with normal vision.
I don't know anything about color blindness, so perhaps this doesn't work..But I am wondering if tinted sunglasses could help by providing more contrast? I always have a couple pairs, with different lenses for different conditions, to help with that...But I'm not color blind.