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Yes. Bicycle falls are complicated by the death grip on the bars. You'd probably need a lot of training to overcome that. But it might be a marginal gain worth acquiring for the pros if the alternative is a month out of competition in the middle of the season.
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Fucking death grip :D You have no idea what you're talking about. It was a totally chill bit of road with a hidden pothole. One hand off the bars, hit hole, instant sideways bars, shoulder meets road. Bullshit you or anyone else could've "rolled out of it". Oh wait, unless you're a Jedi, in which case, humble apols.
hippy
Every time I've broken my collarbone I'd hit my shoulder into the ground with zero time for anything. Mostly my hands don't come off the bars until I'm stopped and standing up. If I crashed slow enough to think about circus tricks I wouldn't have broken any bones at all. As for "odd bruise" apparently I don't have any broken ribs but it still fucking hurts to breathe a few weeks later.