Take the 2-minute tour ×  Crashes are an inevitability in
cycling. This weekend, I hit a 4" stick on my bike. It flipped
over, stuck in the spokes of my front wheel and did this to it:
alt text  It stopped my bike really quickly and I wound up
flying over the handlebars, and earned a trip to the local ER
where they spent an hour scrubbing the road out of my face, arms
and shoulder.  So what tips and tricks do you folks have for
recovering quickly (and without scarring) from road rash?
share|improve this question I would, of course, follow the
advice the ER gave you! Can you please reformat this question to
be less of a discussion-board-style post, so it's asking a
single question? –  Neil Fein Sep 15 '10 at 2:29 Wow, look at
that wheel! Was the rest of the bike ok? (and glad that you were
able to walk away from this with only road rash) –  darkcanuck
Sep 15 '10 at 3:50 @neilfein would love to make it a better
question - I notice that you added the medical tag (which I
couldn't do because I don't have enough