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Came up to a red light this morning... line of cars behind me.
A block from work, after 28 miles.
Unclipped on the left, slowed down... slowed some more... just about stopped...
bike tilted right, and I went over. *BLAM!*
I got up, dusted myself off, a pedestrian asked me if I was okay. I was.
Cyclist behind me was chuckling into his glove. I got back on the big blue boob and finished my commute.
Wow.
Glad you're okay.
I would have been either very red or very, very, very pale...... Or I would have died, run over by impatient drivers, while I laughed every laugh I had in me!!
Ten to one cyclist behind you has done the exact same thing and was just chuckling at the memory. Yep, me too, toppled over in front over everybody, very embarrassing :D
I read that you fell on your big blue boob. :o I really need to drink more coffee. :rolleyes:
That's the name of my bike.
It's been nothing but boobish behavior since the day we met.
We have a very grudging relationship. I grudgingly acknowledge that when I take good care of her and fill her tires properly, she goes pretty fast. I grudgingly acknowledge that her saddle, a factory throw-in from Specialized, is more comfortable than my aeron office chair at work.
She grudgingly acknowledges that once a week I take her on some of the nastiest roads in Rhode Island to get to work, and the other days, I take her on some pretty steep climbs to get to the bus.
It works.
She's a boob, though.
LOL! Sounds like she has a lot of character.
I fall on my boob(s) when I mtb. I consider it a my airbag option.
I did that a couple of weeks ago. It was pretty darned embarrassing. Hope you will be over it soon! :o
Glad you are o.k. I did that exact same thing on Spirit, only we were on the Pinellas Trail and only a couple of people saw me fall. My DH had adjusted my seat up too high and I could barely get a toe on the ground and I just tilted too far to the left and over I went. He was asking if I was o.k. and I was fussing at him to check over Spirit and make sure she was o.k. She didn’t have a scratch, but I had a nice case of road rash on my arm that I used to block my fall. I felt so stupid because I was sitting still and just simply fell over. I imagine those chuckling cyclists were remembering some of their own falls - most of us has had them, some of us have had some serious ones. I chalked mine up to experience and immediately got my bike fitted to me. Love the story of your bike’s name. They really do become an extension of us and our personalities, don’t they?
......my husband fell on a sidewalk just as 2 little girls and their grandpa rode by.
Well, now, who's gonna clean up my keyboard since I just spewed my soda on it? That was hilarious! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sundial
OMG I did almost the same thing on sunday! I was stopping to see what was clicking on my bike- undid the left cleat but was for some reason leaning right.
D'oh
Some road rash on my elbow and some small bruises on my hip.
I had witnesses too! So embarassing!
Glad you are ok!!
ROFLMAO... And wondering why these incidents NEVER happen without a large crowd assembled and staring right at you?
Oh yes, you are not alone! Thanks for the chuckle. I am sincerely glad you were not hurt!
Been there done that! Never a crowd when you do something clever :D
There WAS a large crowd assembled when I fell Sunday. I was helping at the local kids races and thank god I was riding sweep, not the leader. We were on wet grass, in the rain, on a slight slope. Clipped in with my left foot, started to go, my right foot slipped off the pedal, I over corrected and down I went in front of everyone. :o And this was after I almost got my a$$ handed to me by a six year old on a pink barbie bike at last weeks race. Thankfully I can't make it to the final race this Sunday. bikerHenQuote:
Originally Posted by andtckrtoo
sorry about the fall....
as for the cyclist laughing in his glove... he's a loser:rolleyes: