injury

Coming off the bike is never nice.

I never crashed a bike when I was 20 stone so I wonder if the extra “padding” I had would've helped cushion the fall?  It's all irrelevant now, the fact is that skin, bone and muscle take a bash when you fall off, asphalt is very unyielding and lycra is about as protective as your mum's best doiley. 

“A cyclist is always between crashes.”

Both knees - skin missing.
Right elbow - compact hole.
Tights - hole.
Shorts - hole.
Undervest - hole.
Handlebar Tape - holed and scuffed.
Saddle - scuffed.

As a cyclist, no matter how right you are, and no matter how any motorists get out their car to tell him he was driving like a twat, you sometimes come off worse, although kicking dents in the door is small recompense.

Where's the scrubbing-brush?