Teams & Riders Team Visma - Lease a Bike

[scribers]

Instinct is to sacrifice your arm shoulder and unltimately your collarbone to protect your head. 100 out of 100 times you cannot control that instinctual reaction

 

[will-10]

Those rules of thumb fall apart the moment you are crashing with and around others.

 

[AmRacer]

Those rules of thumb fall apart the moment you are crashing with and around others.

.moto bikes
.water bottles
.middle of the road
.changing gears
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[theyoungest]

I believe Jumbo have a 'group of experts' who analyse every one of their riders crashes with an aim of reducing future crashes and aiding recovery.
Not sure if Van Barle is the perfect subject or just gives them nightmares.

I don't think they have a team of crash experts, they're just trying to optimize performance, and not being able to ride at all is clearly not optimal. Something about this team trying out stuff rubs people the wrong way, of course until it works and every other team follows suit.

 

[repre]

Instinct is to sacrifice your arm shoulder and unltimately your collarbone to protect your head. 100 out of 100 times you cannot control that instinctual reaction

still better than hurt your head, shoulder will heal up

 

[proffate]

Isn't that how you fracture shoulder blades instead?

tbh I don't know about shoulder blades because that's a fairly rare injury in the amateur ranks, ime. That injury probably indicates you need to consider carrying more than 3% bf.

I believe this is why so many break their collarbones.

I believe landing on your outstretched hand (catching your fall) often breaks the collarbone, as well as the scaphoid. A direct blow to the collarbone is unlikely. Yes, wrist takes longer to heal/has more complications. Snapping collarbone actually makes you faster since your shoulder will heal 1cm closer to your neck.