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The next time you decide to go for a ride in t-shirts and shorts and flip flops, consider this.
25 mph and yes, they must pick the gravel out 1 piece at a time. Don't be a road crayon.

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DA BOSS said:
That looks a stinger, it will be fun trying to sleep
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I don't think these images affect the people that make that choice. It's not that people don't believe the injuries would occur in a crash without gear, it's that they don't expect or believe the crash is going to happen to them in the first place.
That's why none of the campaigns really work. Maybe they don't actually think they're invincible, but they also don't seem to believe that this could be them.
 
Look up hydrocoloid dressings, I shredded my hands and arms earlier this season and these things saved my skin, I was pretty much healed in 3 weeks with deeper rash than that.

You can find the smaller 10"x10" ones at shoppers for your smaller wounds but for that back peice you will probably need to go to medical supply.

Duoderm
or
3m tagaderm
 
shoppers home health care carries hydrocolloid products. The last time I needed them, I bought the goo and put it on my own dressings.

The people I talked to in SHHC were useless. The goo came it white containers that looked like mushrooms with an orange cap. It worked well. Before I used dressings that looked like sheets of clear gelatin ~0.25" thick.

Personally I prefer wet healing road rash, but I've always had smaller patches than that (although sometimes deeper), dealing with wet healing on large patches may be tricky.

Glad you walked away and good luck with the healing.
 
I once heard that if you ride squid, then you pay 10x more attention to the road than ATGATT, therefore you will not crash. Word.
 
You guys are probably sick of me talking about gear. But...
Armoured shorts under at least jeans would have eliminated that nasty hip injury:



The abrasion would have to go through the jeans, D3O armour, foam under the D3O and then finally the aramid fibre which is the final layer on the shorts.

I think my mesh jacket and gauntlet gloves would have worked there as well. CE armour, plus TPU sliders and the gauntlet gloves would have covered all those spots that rashed up.


Seeing this makes me think I should always wear the armoured vest under the jacket.
Crazy... that is like what? 40 km/hr? That is less than urban speeds...

I lowsided a GS 450 back in the early 1990s. Less speed than this. Hurt like hell and got burnt from the exhaust. Hence, the desire to be well protected now.
 
I compromise. Mesh jacket, Draggin Jeans, gloves, Sidis, Modular. Not race gear but I ride sedately.

I've had my share of skin loss as a kid falling while running etc. Don't need more now.

I don't care to use my ***** cheeks as brake pads.
 
xXAvroArrowXx said:
How's the bike?
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wasn't part of the situation, so I cannot comment. A friend posted this, it's a a good dose of reality for riders who choose t-shirts and shorts and don't think it will happen to them. Gear choice is your own, but so is accepting responsibility for that choice when it goes wrong.
 
nobbie48 said:
I compromise. Mesh jacket, Draggin Jeans, gloves, Sidis, Modular. Not race gear but I ride sedately.

I've had my share of skin loss as a kid falling while running etc. Don't need more now.

I don't care to use my ***** cheeks as brake pads.
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Same here - I compromise: Short gloves (that still covers wrist bone, tho), leather jacket, kevlar jeans, knee/shin guards, short boots. I would consider my riding sedate when compared to an aggressive rider, but aggressive when compared to a cruiser/goldwing type of rider.

Next pair of gloves will be gauntlet (I'm lookin at you, Velocity!), and I want boots that go up my leg higher.

I used to squid-it when riding to a social event however, these days I usually just skip wearing my riding shoes and wear all the other gear.
 
Tegaderm is you're friend.. you should have asked the hospital for extra of it, the stuff is amazing!
 
Kri$han said:
Same here - I compromise: Short gloves (that still covers wrist bone, tho), leather jacket, kevlar jeans, knee/shin guards, short boots. I would consider my riding sedate when compared to an aggressive rider, but aggressive when compared to a cruiser/goldwing type of rider.
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Riding aggression has little to do with it, most accidents are single rider, no other vehicle. Riding over something slippy on the road is what got me. We went back and carefully looked at the road, their was nothing visible, and the best I could conclude was a silicone-like dry lubricant ended up on the road.
Aggressive riders are likely going to hit something at high speed, and there really is nothing to help for that.

The most accidents I see around my end of the 403 are large cruisers, on highway exit ramps.
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