Ooh that smarts

jamie 'jammy dodger'

Got my first pedal to shin today...would like to blame the bus that passed by very close,but will chalk it up to human
error x-(

Greer_

You'll be getting used to it ... or else do what I did and go clipless!

jamie 'jammy dodger'

:-D

YeehaaMcgee

Greer's right, you do get used to it. I swear my shins have actually become numb. It's like my body gave up telling me "OUCH" and disconnected the relevant nerve endings after a while.
Bramble whips, nettles, rocks, and pedal strikes, I genuinely barely notice anything until I get home and wonder where the bleeding's coming from!

Twelly

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

Greer's right, you do get used to it. I swear my shins have actually become numb. It's like my body gave up telling me "OUCH" and disconnected the relevant nerve endings after a while.
Bramble whips, nettles, rocks, and pedal strikes, I genuinely barely notice anything until I get home and wonder where the bleeding's coming from!

Glad its not just me! I often plough through things happy as larry only to get back to the car an hour later with new bloodstained socks and this thought in my head - "eh?"

steelie600

Greer_ wrote:

You'll be getting used to it ... or else do what I did and turn into a raging homosexual, Not unlike Graham Norton

Fixed

sloppycowpat

i think my shines are more scare than not

can always were shin guards they work but are hot as hell in summer

blister pus

I can confirm as you get older you run out of shin skin.



The pinky stuff will never grow back the thickness of the other and is easily 'bleedable'

jamie 'jammy dodger'

Nice pic ....looks like guards are the way forward,booked in for a tattoo (full leg)...suppose he could needle around the scarring

xmadxmoex

Reason i always wear guards when riding other than to the shops!

Briggo

xmadxmoex wrote:

Reason i always wear guards when riding other than to the shops!

Fckin girl.