Had an off on Sunday just gone and, in spite of wearing my full face, got a pedal to me head when the bike fell on me. Thought of how unlucky I'd been at the time but concluded that the visor probably took some of the impact so it could have been a lot worse as it was only superficial in the end.
I've got a nice 3inch long scar on my stomach from a pedal cutting a deep line in it after a crash, through my 661 pressure suit about a year ago. Works a charm on the ladies
You've done well there mate! Lucky it wasnt more serious.
As you say, got lucky. Cleaned it up at home but as there was a flap of skin thought I'd better got to the hospital and have it checked out. The nurse said to me, "you're lucky, if it had been a little lower than that you would have needed stitches in your eyebrow". I said "A little lower than that and it would have been me feckin eye!!"
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Nasty, I once face planted into the ground, and the peak of the full face bent down and scratched up my chin leaving a big graze, so my helmet saved me from injury and caused me injury at the same time
I guess no matter what injuries you sustain with a full face it would almost always have been worse without it. I could have ended up looking (more) like sloth!
oo pretty.. similar thing happened to a lad at fort william when my friend last went, he had a fullface on and crashed and a rock still managed to hit him in the side of the head..
Yup cam of at Aston hill on the 1st July, trees tump found its way through my armour, still at least is went in some where relativley harmless, a bit of surgery and my arm works again. Although I am missing my trip to Morzine
Had a mate who snapped his steerer tube (This was before the era of triple clamps). Ripped the jaw piece of a full face and his lips off his gums on the rocks. Not a pretty sight.
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