Originally Posted by Merriwether
Road riders don't wear body armor (well, other than helmets, that is). So, where are all the postings about the broken bones, skin grafts, infections, and what not, that should inevitably result from so much unprotected skin? I mean, these people have what would have been fatal collisions with their heads all the time. There must be utter devastation wrought on the other, unprotected parts of their bodies, with all of this spectacular crashing.
Uh.. you don't know how to use the search function do you. There are a LOT of posts about injuries, especially on the mtb thread. So you asked where all the postings are, and they're right here, you just don't bother to read them. So then you'll say, but this is just bikeforums, and that doesn't constitute enough of the population so that doesn't apply. Then we'll drag up evidence that a lot of non-bikeforums people who bike also have lots of injuries and you'll find another excuse to say "so where are all
those <insert subject here> now." And the dance continues.
I got scars all over my legs, arms, but curiously not on my hands or head. If you don't think anyone has any injuries like that, you're dreaming.
I see no point in continuing this, tell you what, if any of you have kids, don't get angry if someone tells them not to wear seat belts, not to use a helmet, and not to use a condom, as long as they're careful, nothing would happen to them.