About to dip my toes into cross

[Wahine]

Sweet! Congratulations. Cross is a ton of fun. Bruises are standard. I have one on my right calf throughout the cross season. It helps to have a compact handlebar to prevent forearm bruising.

Have fun!!!

[pll]

Sweet! Congratulations. Cross is a ton of fun. Bruises are standard. I have one on my right calf throughout the cross season. It helps to have a compact handlebar to prevent forearm bruising.

Have fun!!!

Forearm bruising? How should I expect that to come about?

By the way, I had never seen the pedals you linked. If, when my wallet recovers (or I am over the shock), your BF still has the pedals, I'll buy them from him.

[Wahine]

Forearm bruising? How should I expect that to come about?

By the way, I had never seen the pedals you linked. If, when my wallet recovers (or I am over the shock), your BF still has the pedals, I'll buy them from him.

When you're in the drops and getting bounced around you'll bump your forearm on the "tops" of the handlebars unless you have compact or shallow drop handlebars.