Saw this on another forum, couldn’t quite believe it when it got to the end!
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Good reason to keep your chain and sprockets in good condition too 
Imagine stopping and finding you’d lost your foot :sick:
I doubt my reaction would be"Ah, I seem to have lost my foot…best do a u-turn, get it, and ride to the nearest hospital (without changing gear of course)"
What I want to know, is, how did he change down and finally select neutral, put down the sidestand, before trying to dismount? 
I can’t for a second believe that it’s possible to traumatically amputate your lower leg without even noticing!
If the chain has hit the leg hard enough to cut through the bone like a knife through butter, what’s the chances that a thin piece of leather would stop the chain??
What a load of rubbish, the noise alone would give the game away, let alone the feeling.
That said, of course, wearing trainers whilst riding a bike has to be one of the stupidest things you can do. I know, I’ve done it and suffered the consequences.
That’s almost a thread in itself…
The stupidest thing done whilst riding… :Whistling:
A scenario less likely than winning the lottery!
That being said, the most common type of foot injury is crushing injuries to the foot/ankle from the bike falling on it - usually at low speed - so check that whatever footwear you’re relying on has enough sole stiffness and ankle protection to prevent this. Broken metatarsals are a git to recover from.
I’ve heard of a guy who laces got caught in the chain and sprockets, think trainer came off and he got thrown off the bike, ended tragically unfortunately 
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urrm so as a newbie, wot exactly is the chance of something like this happening…i mean i know bikes aren’t the safest things in the world, but that’s just ridiculous (and worryingly worrying)!
oh and i do have some alpinestar boots that i never ride without, but still!..:w00t:
With a correctly fitted & well maintained decent quality o-ring chain ? Pretty remote.
Even if it did snap, far more likely to either take out the engine casings, come clean off, or if you’re very unlucky lock up the rear wheel.
my chain snapped last year.
it came clean off but not before flicking up and cracking one of my Akrapovics.
As posted previousy it couldve ended up a lot worse
guy last week on a tuono was in front and all we saw was loads of smoke we all pulled over and his chain had snapped and gone through the engine casing.
hence why i wear nothing but my sidi’s when on a bike! i liek my ankles…
NOTHING but sidi’s ??? Really ?? :sick:
yeah 10hrs a day round london in and out of hospitals and clinics…in just sidi’s…why do they look at me liek that:D
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nah mate, that’s just cos you’re ugly
Now I have sidi’s and as comfy as they are I am not 100% sure how well they’d protect my ankles in an off, why don’t you give them a bend left or right? I have tried to find boots which are a bit more ridgid around the ankles but difficult with little size 5 feet as not many boots are made in this size because of course, ladies don’t ride bikes Still better than trainers though