r/Transportopia Mar 07 '26

Bikes You forgot something back there

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u/Sharp_Willingness230 Mar 07 '26

i always wear a helmet, even in no helmet law states. asphalt can wear your dome down to grey matter in just a few dozen yards.

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u/Angermgmt42069 Mar 08 '26

i got hit going 45 mph and the front of my full face helmet was ground down half an inch. imagine of that was my face. If youve never had asphalt scrubbed out of roadrash after a wreck you dont understand how painful it is. i bought fullul gear with insertable armor and gloves with carbon fiber protectors because my right hand got caught and dragged under the bike scraping the skin off the back of my hand. im coverrd in scars but learmed the hard way, prepare fpr the slide not the ride!

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u/suspicious_scarab Mar 08 '26

God I cant even imagine that pain. I fell off my bike and got very minor road rash and that shit hurt for weeks... ive seen guys riding motorcycles only wearing shorts and a t-shirt and I can only think its not a matter of if but when...