It happens to the best bike handlers, so get real. Some superstitious people hate the idea of going to a race prepared for the worst, as if they are counting on falling. The other is the best of the best and will make your road rash experience almost forgettably painless. One is for those on a tight budget or without access to hospital grade supplies. Here are two lists of my favorite products for road rash. Wouldn’t it be great to make it all go away, start the stage pain-free, and forget about your injury as you challenge for GC? You are leaking icky wound goo on your skin suit on the starting line the next morning. If you’re a cyclist in a stage race, you probably dread facing the next stage because your body aches like an NFL lineman on Monday morning. Your significant other is grossed out and reminds you that you get to do the laundry for the next few weeks. Every time you roll over in bed, your nasty gooey aching hip sticks to the sheets and wakes you up in pain.

You’ve probably been there before: Up all night between stages because you have a fresh batch of road rash and it’s throbbing.

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