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They don't make air bags for cycles? lol
Glad you are OK.
Yeah they do.
It's comfortable and stylish.

They have jackets too,..
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They don't make air bags for cycles? lol
Glad you are OK.
They do make air-bag vests for motorcycles and for equestrians. They're pretty nice. I considered getting one at one time. They are triggered by a lanyard pull cord attached to your bike. After thinking about it I realized that I've never fallen "off" or been "pitched" from my bike. I've always fallen with me holding onto to the bike.They don't make air bags for cycles? lol
Glad you are OK.
well you buy everything else so let us know how it works.Yeah they do.
It's comfortable and stylish.
They have jackets too,..
Could be a little bit warm in the summerI purchased a Troy Lee mtb vest instead with shoulder, rib, chest, and back protection, and elbow pads.
well you buy everything else so let us know how it works.
They do make air-bag vests for motorcycles and for equestrians. They're pretty nice. I considered getting one at one time. They are triggered by a lanyard pull cord attached to your bike. After thinking about it I realized that I've never fallen "off" or been "pitched" from my bike. I've always fallen with me holding onto to the bike.
With the lanyard, I just knew that I would end up dismounting from the bike at a bar, or lunch joint, forget about the lanyard, and "poof!" my vest would inflate and I would be the object of much laughter and ridicule. And those replaceable gas cartridges aren't cheap.
I purchased a Troy Lee mtb vest instead with shoulder, rib, chest, and back protection, and elbow pads.
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It's nearly instinctual to put out your hands to break your fall. That's one of the many of the reasons we have hands.Very sad to hear of your misfortune, Chez! Get on well!
(A little advice from a person who crashed hundreds of times - myself. Whenever you are to spill, stay with the bike. Hands on the grips, feet on the pedals. Try to rotate your body to fall onto your back provided there is time to act. In case you wear a helmet, chances are you would come from the fall unscathed! The bike would take most of the impact!)
The reason we have hands is to be able to use them. It is rather hard to use your hand with a broken wrist.That's one of the many of the reasons we have hands.
So many people try supporting themselves with a hand when falling on ice while they are just walking. It ends up with broken wrists, which are very bad and even hard to fix by surgery. As you might have noticed, one hand of Chez is eliminated for half a year. My late wife had her wrist broken as she tried to break her fall. She had a surgery and rehabilitation at the Olympics clinic, yet she could not play her bass anymore.It's a natural human reflex to put out your hands to break your fall and protect your head. Very hard to defeat the reflex without practice.
If you think it's hard to function with a broken wrist... Try operating with a broken face.
What do you want me to say?So many people try supporting themselves with a hand when falling on ice while they are just walking. It ends up with broken wrists, which are very bad and even hard to fix by surgery. As you might have noticed, one hand of Chez is eliminated for half a year. My late wife had her wrist broken as she tried to break her fall. She had a surgery and rehabilitation at the Olympics clinic, yet she could not play her bass anymore.
In cycling, we have the bike that takes the impact, and hopefully we wear a helmet. Almost all falls result with the cyclist banging the surface sideways, and that's where the helmet protects the head. Falling face down on a bike only happens on black ice or technical singletracks; that why the full face bike helmet was invented.
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In 2023, I had a very bad crash on asphalt at high speed during the race. I stayed on the bike and the massive impact was mostly absorbed by the bike. However, I also banged the pavement with my helmeted head. No injuries to my body (I could complete a 263 km race), and the helmet cracked to save my head.
Did she know my advice before she fell?as she knew of your advise but didn't follow it.
Until we stop hearing from you.Use my experience to avoid crashes.
Do you read with comprehension or just immediately pivot to prepare your next lesson for the rest of usDid she know my advice before she fell?
Until we stop hearing from you.
Does every discussion have to be an opportunity to rag on others? Please, everybody, just put your sniping on hold.What do you want me to say?
I guess Chez isn't very smart as she knew of your advise but didn't follow it.
So now we have one who knows what to do, but doesn't when necessary. And another that knows everything from hundreds of crashes.
Personally... I'll just keep doing what I'm doing. Use my experience and avoid crashes.
Does every discussion have to be an opportunity to rag on others? Please, everybody, just put your sniping on hold.
Being aware of a method to reduce damage and actually put it into practice at 1 second's notice is an ideal one can strive for. But the fact is, I've had no practice in falling on a bike. Or, I could look at it that when I was 6 and going too fast down a hill and tried to turn at a T intersection, and went crying all the way home with a badly skinned knee, I learned never to do that again. And so I will learn from this adventure.