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Thread: I'm a Real Rider now
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06-02-2006, 03:01 PM #1
I Go Clipless
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I'm a Real Rider now
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Bought some clipless shoes, spent a while on the LBS trainer learning them. Went for a 10 mile-ish ride, was doing great with the clipping & unclipping until the very last red light. Promptly unclipped my left foot, came to a complete stop, forgot about unclipping my right foot & promptly fell right over. I burst out laughing & all the fishermen(I was riding along the bay) start yelling " U ok?" "Need Help" I just laughed & said, nope new shoes that's all. Hopped back on the bike & continued on.
Wasn't till I was loading Oscar into the car that I realized I was bleeding from my knee....oh well.
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06-02-2006, 03:10 PM #2
Sue
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06-02-2006, 03:53 PM #3
Holly magnet.
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Scabs and all. Niiiice.
Drink coffee and do stupid things faster with more energy.
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06-02-2006, 03:56 PM #4
YIKES! i'm a durt gurl
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ahhhhhh... welcome to the club! lol!
(i like the name oscar!)
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06-02-2006, 04:11 PM #5
rather be riding...
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Congratulations!
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06-04-2006, 02:03 PM #6
Caffeine Addict!!
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I'm w/you Pikato. Practiced w/my clipless today too. Was doing great until my daughter zoomed past me and yelled Whoa! and down I went. I have a skinned left elbow and knee too. I fell in dirt, same difference, now I feel like a 10 yr old w/ skinned knees. dh tells me I need more of them LOL. What kind of shoes did you end up with?
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06-04-2006, 02:48 PM #7
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I think a scar on the knee is the mark of a true cyclist. I'm growing fond of mine from my first few days clipless.
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06-04-2006, 04:51 PM #8
I heart my bike
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It's not a matter of if you fall- it's when. You got it out of the way!
Glad you laughed it off- I find my falls to be quite amusing to myself.
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06-04-2006, 07:05 PM #9
Can't never could!
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Welcome to the club! I fell frequently when I first went clipless. I am not the most coordinated person. The most embarrassing was right in front of the George Bush Library in College Station. It is such a busy area and I felt pretty dumb. I wasn't moving, I just fell over! I guess for some it a rite of passage.
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