Originally Posted by
beng1
Hitting a stone or other small object with a road-bike front wheel is tricky and dangerous, especially if you are going fast and/or are turning at the same time. As far as falling goes, take some judo classes where part of the training is learning to be thrown and learning to hit the ground. Stunt-men do this all day long so anyone else can learn it. I have been falling for sixty years and always seem to do pretty well with it, but I am open to learning.
Stuntmen can do this all day because the falls are planned. Judo likewise has nothing similar to the unexpected fall from a bike. I'm in my early 60s, and I've taken my share of falls. Never had a judo lesson in my life, and I likewise "seem to do pretty well with it." These anecdotes prove nothing.