I have crashed while I was going a bit too fast down a hill and didn't see the rut right in the middle of the trail around the corner. The shin/knee gaurds I was wearing actually saved me from most of the bashing since I was sliding down on my right leg.
I got some scraping on my right arm and my torso was a bit bruised and the right side was pretty scraped up. Other than that I was fine. Got up, finished the descent and decided to head home to get some band-aids.
note: this was on my mtb. I haven't had a high-speed road crash yet. Hopefully it won't happen...atleast on my mtb I have my armour to protect me.
My worst crash wasn't solo but I did get hurt(what I consider) pretty bad. I was trying to do a jump I had missed a couple times and I guess I hit it a bit too slow. My rear wheel slipped off the lip of the landing ramp I was using and I fell backwards onto my back/head. Then I proceeded to fall over backwards where I(stupidly) tried to catch myself with my right hand, breaking all 4 fingers in the process.
Strangely it didn't hurt at first, I was kind of going "Huh, I'm hurt. My fingers look weird?" and then the pain hit me.
Last edited by forum*rider; 03-01-05 at 09:23 PM.