Studded Trelleborgs hits my right thigh

[Anders]

During the second training of the new year it happened. Temperature around the freezing point, some ice on the puddles, 10 cm of wet snow on the ground. I rode up a steep hill and nearly made it to the top. Fell backwards, downwards and landed on top of the bike. Got my right thigh between the rear tyre and the rear mudguard while still holding on to the throttle. It took a couple of seconds before I got around to closing the throttle so the Rekluse could disengage.

This experience shows:
The Trelleborg spikes chew up the Thor Flux pants really quick. When the pants (and thin wool pants inside them) were gone, it ripped my Thor Force knee protector's straps right off. From then on, it was Trelleborg spikes vs flesh and blood. Needless to say, my thigh fared worse than my rear Trelleborg...

The rear of my knee-long woolen shorts looked like this.


I went to see the doctor, and she cleaned and bandaged the wound. All in all it went fairly well, no permanent damage apart from a scar, the doctor told me. Its not deep, but quite painful, I anticipate it will be so for some time.
I presume that was the end of January's riding.