Quote Originally Posted by pll View Post
I ride with a woman who also races and she says the slow crashes are the worst in terms of broken arms and collarbones because generally people have time to try to halt the fall by stretching an arm.
I agree with this. I crashed a couple of weeks ago on my MTB at 15 mph, when I tapped a tree with the end of the handlebar. I hit the ground so fast that I couldn't react, just landed on my shoulder and rolled across my back. I got up, straighted the handlebars, and rode on with nothing but a few scrapes and bruises. If I'd had time to think about reaching an arm, I'd have surely broken something.