I put skateboard grip tape on my trek sc basebar...but if your aerobars are too slippery, maybe wear arm coolers or wrist sweatbands?

I don't scrub, I gently clean the wound but I'm not gonna get in there and tear more skin off. If I see dirt or junk in the wound I'll get it out gently. Then I add ointment and let it start healing.

The circle thing is something I have learned about for spider bites and infections but it will still work for this. You will know if a wound is getting infected. It is normal for serum to ooze out of the wound (this will be pink or blood tinged, or clear in color) but not yellow pus. If you have pus you have an infection.

Good luck. I just spoke with another nurse about this tonight and he said keep it wet. Plus you'll be happy when you don't have gauze stuck to your wounds.

To the OP,

I wrote a how-to article on how to care for road rashes, exclusively for Slowtwitch, about a month ago. May I suggest that you read it?

http://www.slowtwitch.com/...tive_Guide_6444.html

To answer your original question, I do my 99% of my bike training indoor, with Tacx Neo trainer, especially if it is hot and humid outside. If you are looking for heat adaptations, the TrainerRoad guys did a podcast and a blog post about it very recently.

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

worth a read IMO.......https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/honey/ MANUKA is the best!!!

I lost the back end going into a round-about at 25.2mph (thank you Garmin 25.2 to 0) at mile 10 in a 70.3. Bleeding caked front of bike and was still on some spokes a month later. 2 volunteers walked me to med. tent at end and treatment began. Wedding band had been jammed into ring finger to the bone and would not slip off. They wanted to send me to ER to have it cut off. I asked for hand to be cooled down, lubed up and work it off despite the pain. Road rash treated, had a puncture below left elbow that you could put a pen into. Instead of going to ER or Walk-In for thorough treatment I went to FRIEND/PCP at her house. She cleansed again, by now all adrenaline was gone and some dried blood made for owie moments ;0). Swelling was reduced with sliced onions, ring finger and hole in elbow thoroughly cleansed then copious amount of honey applied, some Tegaderm over LARGE rash areas then covered. Removed bandaging, NEVER ANY INFECTION OR SCAB, re-applied honey and covered. Even pushed honey into elbow hole and ring finger slice. Unbelievable healing, painless, scab less and beautiful new skin very quickly.

Very happy with results since this happened in 2014 at the age of 64 when healing should take longer.

A few people are saying to angle the pads up. Why is everyone saying the pads, but not the bars? It seems like that could make your wrists bend at an uncomfortable angle.

Thanks for the write up, well done. I too do most of my training indoors, but I try to get outside for the 100+ mile training rides.

Had my first spill this weekend too. 12 miles into a 100 mile ride. Came up to a stop light like normal and hit my front brakes. Grabbed the brakes too hard and that was all she wrote. Flipped over and knocked the wind out of me so hard I didn't think I was going to be able to breathe again. Luckily no broken bones but some major road rash on my face and shoulder. Thanks to those that posted I now have the Nexcare clear stuff over my road rash with a little Neosporin under it. Hopefully this helps reduce the scarring. My face took a beating and I hope that up to this point I didn't cause any significant scarring.

Be safe out there everyone. Amazing how fast the accident happened and don't want to relive that again. Ever. Thousands of miles under my belt and that was the first too so to the OP I wish you a speedy recovery.

Edit: I did end with compression fractures in my spine. Don't ignore pain if you are in a crash. Do an honest assessment of what hurts and see a specialist if needed.