Originally Posted by pritch
it is really to protect the skin on your hands Pritch I think. Normally Only initiall impact will do any wrist damage, unless you sent cartwheeling
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it is really to protect the skin on your hands Pritch I think. Normally Only initiall impact will do any wrist damage, unless you sent cartwheeling
Electron Basher
Think I remember hearing somewhere you clench your fists too to prevent your gloves from being ripped off
Bogeyman
I see a few upper market glubs are coming out with Teflon patches or similar on the heel of the palm so that the instinctive warding gesture when you hit the deck doesn't result in a broken clavicle. I like the web tying the outer two fingers together too, I've broken both pinkies in dirt crashes.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
No that's so you can have a go at the medics if they try cut your leathers or save your life or whatever. they knew the risks.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Electron Basher
Fuck off they're cutting up my $80 set of leathers!! Good idea Dave I knew the CF knuckles would come in handy one day
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
The key is to start taking them off before the real pain & stiffness starts. Perhaps even before you stop moving, if yer rolling that could help, maybe reach for the zipper & try dislocate a shoulder to make it easier to slip out of them, yer going to the hospital anyways if you've done a good job so a little grazing & relocating limbs is small potatoes.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
Easy, don't buy shit gloves.
In the riders seat
Decent gloves with a proper wrist strap won't come off
It's meant to stop the schapoid breaking
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Bogeyman
Ah, OK, I had clavicle from an ED nurse. She's often wrong.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Forum whore
Good gloves are key. I had a little sleep after a knock to the head and both my hands were trapped under me while sliding. If I didn't have titanium knuckle protection on my cloves I don't think I would be typing this. Berik gloves are good.
Oh yeah and keep yah legs straight. Don't go limp coz yah legs can get dragged under you and you can start tumbling. Been there done that.
Electron Basher
Tumbling and cartwheeling sounds like a shit time, unless drunk and in good company
Didn't think about the whole getting knocked out thing - good point
In the riders seat
After experiencing it first hand I certainly wouldn't recommend it
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Smarty pants... since ages ago
If you're out to la la land ... and they're in a hurry to save your ass ... it'll be cut off you before you get to hospital ... and if you ARE awake they MAY ask you if you want them left intact. But it WILL (usually) hurt if you do ...
And ... if they're only worth $80 ... they'll probably have already been ripped off at the accident scene ..
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Glen Williams
Have crashed a shed load over my time, Learnt a few things along the way
1) Good quality gear is worth the money
2) When hard armour placed on the outside of garments arrived on the scene, it started to hurt a lot less
3) Tumbling REALLY HURTS
4) Sliding on back or front rarely hurts, assuming you dont hit anything hard. If sliding then do your best to maintain a watch on your surroundings as it is possible to raise feet and hands over berms etc as you arrive at them which reduces impacts
5) Learn from every crash what went wrong and why, - you crash less often with knowledge of cause and effect
6) If you highside and have not hit the panic button - then try to pull your arms into your chest mid-air, any "sticky out bits" like your arms and legs that land end on......... really hurts
7) As a general rule, try not to use your hands on the tarmac to slow down when sliding, arms, legs, boots pressed into ground are usually ok.
8) Wait till you stop sliding before standing up ........... That can hurt too .......
9) If you have a choice to miss something solid to hit BEFORE your crash, IE another bike, another rider, or something near the edge of the track - then do your best to not target fixate on that item and avoid it
10) 95% of crashes are rider error..............Its a bugger to admit but almost all are avoidable
Last edited by codgyoleracer; 5th June 2015 at 22:02. Reason: spelling
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Glen
Nice order - #1 is expensive but so true.....
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