Originally Posted by
531Aussie
I had a nasty smash at the races last night, and I had very little warning to do anything, even if I wanted to: one moment I knew I was in trouble, then I had about 10 milli-seconds to try to save myself before I hit the deck at about 40kph. I went down so quick I didn't have time to make any considered decisions, let alone get my hand off the bars, even if I wanted to, so i landed 'evenly' all down my left side (shoulder, arm, elbow, arse, hip, thigh, knee, outer calf and ankle). Luckily, my delts are so buff that I my collar bone had a lot of protection.
That sounds almost identical to my crash except I broke my collar bone for whatever reason (and it was on pavement not a track). The only part of the crash I remember was hitting my head on the ground. My memory comes back when I was on my feet swearing profusely.