Brendt Barbur’s cause is noble: He wants road rash to be sexy. Then chicks would giggle rather than withdraw the next time he explains how he grated the flesh off his forearms and palms …
Sure, girls go all gaga if you smash your face into coral while surfing in Hawaii, says Barbur. (The general consensus being that surfers and surf injuries are sexy.) But getting clipped by a car door, and being sent over your bicycle’s handlebars, and belly flopping onto the road like it was a Slip ‘n Slide with a 30-foot concrete runner … well, the NYC cyclist says, girls don’t think getting “doored” is as stunt-man mythic as wiping out on waves. Yet. … Details
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