Show us your biking scars!

[LisaB]

has anyone here crashed and ruined their cycling garments (shorts, tights, etc)? i have seen pictures of cyclists after a tumble and their cycling shorts will have big rips and holes in them. cycling shorts are expensive (to me), so how common will this happen and can they be patched/repaired?

Ha. No. I "lost" a pair of UltraSensor shorts and a pair of AmFib tights when the ER cut them off me. Funny, they never gave them back ... I think that was the same wreck that gave me five stitches across the bridge of my nose that never healed well. I did learn two things from that wreck, at least - don't use the front brake when spinning at 35 mph down a hill in the rain and a car pulls out in front of you, and don't wear glasses (they're what gave me the sliced up nose).

I think I've learned something from every wreck ... what can I say, I learn from experience.

[SadieKate]

. . . and don't wear glasses (they're what gave me the sliced up nose).

So a non-sliced up nose is preferable to permanent eye damage from debris or glaucoma from the sun? Ooookaaaay.

[LisaB]

So a non-sliced up nose is preferable to permanent eye damage from debris or glaucoma from the sun? Ooookaaaay.

In the dark, in the rain? Yeah, I'll take the chance.

[SadieKate]

I wear clear or yellow glasses. There is still a huge amount of crap flying around in a rain storm. I'll go with my ophthalmologist's recommendations.

[DebW]

Here's the x-ray of my right collarbone when it was broken. Notice the 2 small pieces where the big pieces overlap. Wish I could see what it looks like now.

[chickwhorips]

i can't believe the leg x! wow. but i do like the nail polish. i think i have the color.

deb ouch! that looks painful. thats a break!