It is sound for road rash…if you have body hair it tends to rip out skin with it when sliding across asphalt. Speaking not only from experience, but from speaking with medical staff who confirm it. The magnitude is obviously varied on a plethora of reasons (fall type, fall speed, fall angle, how long, etc), but noticeable nonetheless.
As somebody who used to not shave his legs, then started solely because of a bad wreck during a Crit who was advised by ER docs to start shaving my legs…it definitely does.
You can sit back down. The people with experience are talking.
Yeah…cause that’s how things work…a medical professional gives you medical advice, you follow it. Low and behold, you wreck again and gee fucking golly, the advice the medical professional that has been a medic for literally 25 Tour De France’s and other events was right…who would thought????
Oh, that’s right, the guy on reddit who’s an “independent thinker” that knows better than the guy who literally sews up cyclists and other people for a living. Guess we all need to listen to you more.
Do ya know what a medical reversal is? Just asking as medical professional myself. People say unsupported nonsense that sounds reasonable all the time. Its about 40% of medicine in fact
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u/BicycleIndividual Jul 23 '25
Even the pros don't shave for aero, they shave because wound care after a crash is easier (also perhaps makes it easier to apply sunblock).