I had been racing for over 10 years and never got a case of arm pump till two months ago. I was at a Hare Scramble in Tennessee with the wind chill in the lower single digits. After about 12 miles, my arms went numb. Couldn't even mash the thumb throttle. I used my palm to gas it and made sure not to do anything that required pulling the clutch lever. I thought I was going to have to pull in on 16 miles, but it mysteriously went away as fast as it came. I managed to finsih the 24 miles and got 3rd place. Even though I did not win, I am more proud of that finish than any other in my entire life. I kissed that plague all the way home....LOL

By the way, I take 2 BC powders before any race, but to prevent a headache rather than to thin my blood.

 

<< I'm no doctor but I'm sure you can't take enough asprin to thin your blood to the point that you would bleed out from a crash. If you screwed up that much the asprin won't help. >>


Yeah, you're right, if you get CUT bad, the aspirin is probably not gonna cause you to bleed out. But, I was referring more to blunt force injuries, which are more common when crashing while riding. A head injury or a lacerated or bruised spleen could become much more severe while under the influence of blood-thinning drugs. And last time I checked, you can't really put pressure on your brain or your spleen to stop it from bleeding INTERNALLY.