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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
When I was in college, I had run uptown one hot summer day and hit an angled expansion joint while riding with just one hand on the bars of my Nighthawk 650..... Instant lock to lock handlebar headshake. I hit the pavement at 60 mph wearing only a pair of shorts sunglasses and tennis shoes. Had road rash all over my back elbows hands and knees.
Never went to hospital. I lived on a sheet laying on my belly on my parent's family room floor for a couple weeks. very painful especially as the oozing stopped and scabs started forming.
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Hmm.. I once passed a big rig on my pedal bike on the sough side of Col de Galibier in France, hitting a top speed of 100 km/hr (62 mph) I've always though that if I went down, I would have had no chance of survival. But I guess you're saying there's still a chance.