Well, over the weekend I had my first big fall. Have been getting some longer rides in, and am glad this happened at the end of the season and not at the beginning, 'cause it's gonna take a bit to heal.
Long story short, was on a club ride, took a steep hill braking from the hoods and basically ran out of room (was going too fast) for stopping at the bottom. There was just no room...there was either a super sharp left turn that I was afraid to make, or go forward and into a bunch of people who were clustered around the bike path at the bottom where the road narrowed. If I'd been going slower and had better control, I could have got onto the narrow path ahead, but no deal. I managed to veer and avoid some obstacles (including ppl) and then hit something (not sure what) and flew off my bike sideways and onto my left arm/side/ribs. Didn't hit my head at all, thankfully. Got the wind knocked out, tho. :eek: Everybody said it was a "good" fall, but it doesn't feel that way atm.
Went to doctor, and everything seems ok except the ribs. No pain anywhere except for ribs (and a bit on the arm where I fell). Waiting for xray results, on toradol and *super* sore. Doctor thinks maybe one is fractured. Who knows when I will bike again...it gets cold here fast, so the weather probably won't be good enough in November or whenever I get better, so I'll have to put off going outside until the Spring.
I think I am gonna get better brakes on my bike. I did a search and there are a couple of complaints about it taking a long distance to stop when going fast with the bike and fishtailing, etc. Or it's probably me. I should have gone into the drops, or started in the drops, but I can never do that on the way down the hill.
Now I'm gonna be a really really big hill weenie.
