Yea, crashes are fun to talk about later, especially if you're not hurt because of them.

At one time I HAD climbing bars on the mtb. One time while rockin' down a slalom-type trail, I got wide on a turn and the climbing bar hooked a sagebrush along the trail's edge. Well I was doing about 30 mph and that sagebrush didn't give. So the bike stopped NOW, and I did a freakin' superman over the bars. YIKES!!! I recall having time to think "this is gunna hurt!!!" Luckily, I got up and dusted off with no injuries.

Well my last crash 5 weeks ago resulted in a broken collarbone (see Tyler H.). Mine was a displaced fracture where the broken ends of the bone were overlapping by about an inch. That's the way my orthopedic surgeon left them to heal. Fortunately I started healing right away and was on a trainer within a week and on a road bike in two. Since then I've put 650 miles on the road bike and haven't been back on the mtb yet. ...maybe another few weeks <shrug> I'm not in a hurry.