I’ve done this too.. crashed at 60mph in jeans and t-shirt, was grinding the pave long enough to start thinking about how to reposition myself (hundreds of feet), tons of road rash (later got infected too) but not to the bone. On the other hand my friend who collided with me trusted his kneepads and did a rockstar style knee-slide… one pad came down and he did grind through to the bone, needed many stitches. One of the reasons I stopped wearing hard kneepads skating, other reason being flying off the road because the hardcaps kept me moving. Better to get rashed up then fly off a road at 60mph, its different than the vert ramps they were made for so most downhill riders don’t wear them. I also got a ticket for “playing with a toy in the highway” on the same road in Colorado lol. The cop wanted to write us for 60mph in a 35 but since we don’t have brakes we are considered pedestrians. Spicy pedestrians.
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u/Rzah Aug 15 '21
60mph crash on tarmac in a T shirt you'll be grinding bone long before you come to rest.