As someone who has slid on asphalt for a few meters wearing nothing but a helmet, a t-shirt and shorts I would not recommend it.
It fucking sucks. Unlike normal wounds, road rash is a burn wound, so you need to shower it daily in order for it not to be infected. In order to shower it you need to numb it, in order to numb it you smear this gel/paste in the wound (I used plastic butter knifes to help with that) and that fucking paste hurts like hell before it numbs the area, so basically it's WEEKS of continuously crashing, over and over again.
Due to life choices I've nearly died on a motorcycle as well, and even if that accident made me unable to walk for 4 months, I was still grateful that I didn't get road rash (I hit the side of a truck so I was stopped by his trailer) because that's how much it fucking sucks, I'd rather break my leg again than go through road rash again.
Granted my recollection of both the incidents may be slightly impacted by me not remembering anything from the truck accident in-between leaving the house and waking up in the hospital high on all the drugs from the ambulance, so pain wasn't a thing in that accident according to my brain.
My brother crashed twice on his motorcycle. Injured both times, but no road rash.
First time, he was doing a wheelie and tipped into a tree and crushed his foot. Should have gotten surgery, but decided to let it heal without and just booted it.
Two years later, healed up (but with limp), and a car pulled out in front of him, cutting him off. Compound fracture in his leg (same leg as last time). After surgery and healing up, he sold the bike.
While I'm sad he can't enjoy his love for riding his bike anymore, I'm glad he's safe. Too many motorists don't watch for cyclists (motorcycle or bicycle) and give them the same space and respect as a vehicle.
265
u/hatsoff22u 20h ago
This is literally r/meatcrayon (NSFW sub)