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When my chain snapped 6 weeks back pulling away at holborn towards TCR I took a pretty serious spill. The ABUS around my waist took a LOT of the edge off my fall on my right hip - the plastic cover where the cable enters the locking mechanism came unclipped (snapped back in place and solid as ever), and the armoured cable got scratched almost down to the metal! I did get some bruising from the lock but no broken skin - it would have been nasty as my waist is nowhere near as tough as my elbows / shoulders (both got road-rash) I'm gonna keep wearing mine.. but I can see how it made your fall worse. "Argh - my coccix!"