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@Bike_Destroyer
I fell the other day after slicing along a curb (again, just not concentrating) and I somehow managed to sort of hop off and ended up sliding along on my left knee. I must have the strongest trousers cus they didn't rip and I didn't even graze my knee! I definitiely felt it though and a few days later the back of my left leg rather hurts from a deep bruise.
I would say that the best thing you can do is try to ditch the bike. Who cares what happens to the bike as long as you don't hurt yourself too much. I've fallen before and it happened so quickly that I was out before I knew I'd hit the floor. I was still holding onto the bars when I was down, so I'd obviously failed to 'bail and let go'!