This morning I had my first crash. It was very windy and wet. Ten miles in on a mild downhill curve at about 28 mph, my traction let go. I watched my Y-Foil skitter across an intersection while I was busy burning a hole in the side of my tights.

After all of the fixating I have done over almost invisible scratches on my bike, I surprising don't feel so bad about the massive gashing on my drive side shifter, pedal and rear derailer. I guess it's because I know I got them while "in action" rather than knocking the bike over in the garage.

I'll probably reevaluate riding on wet days though.

T8

Ouch that sucks.
Lucky for me most of the roads around here are kind of a peble texture gives good traction in wet conditions. Even so im very catious when its wet out. Only takes hitting a tar stripe repair to cause you to wipe out hard. Then the peble texture goes from being friend to being a extreamly abrasive 30 grit grinder pad a mile long ...

Hope you came out of it okay. You didn't mention any injuries, so I'll make the assumption that your tights saved you from road rash, etc.

Yeah, you're right as far as scratches being looked at differently if they happened during a crash. When I crashed, I was just relieved that damage was a few scratches to components and a little bit more to the end of my handlebars and the back of my seat. I just wanted my baby to come out of the crash still in good operating condition.