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Originally Posted by slcbob
^ oh, I'm fine. I was in full and mostly great motorcycle gear. In bicycle attire, you could get almost as much road rash as I did by falling over on chip & seal at a stop sign because you couldn't unclip. Just a smidgeon of forearm burn.

I hate those nearly naked bicycle skids.
not super helpful (generally) during those infrequent/scattered speed-dating encounters...beware the (true) vampires or wannabes.
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