Dehrrrr... boy, was my face red...

[indigoiis]

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.

[Grog]

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!!

[lph]

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

[sundial]

I read that you fell on your big blue boob. I really need to drink more coffee.

[indigoiis]

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.

[sundial]

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.

[chicago]

sorry about the fall....

as for the cyclist laughing in his glove... he's a loser

[LoriO]

Yup, been there, done that before. Came up to a red light and pulled my left foot out. Suddenly started tilting right and that was all she wrote. The worst part was I was at a very busy intersection with a ton of construction going on. Traffic was backed up due to the construction so LOTS of witnesses!!! Thank god I was visiting my sister out in Michigan when this happened so no one to reccoginize me.

I still have a nice scar on my leg from that escapade.

[SoCalCruiser]

I've done this too, twice in one week as a matter of fact. First time was my first time out on my new clipless pedals and I was stopping in a driveway coming out of a shopping center and my DH came up really close to me and scared me and i freaked out and tipped over.

Second time i was actually stopped and unclipped and standing in the bike lane at a red light and i just lost my balance and went down right on top of the sidewalk. I actually landed sitting down on the sidewalk with my bike on top of me and i couldn't get up and my foot didn't unclip when i fell and i was at such a weird angle that i couldn't get my foot to unclip so i had to take my shoe off. There was a long line of cars and the light turned green as i was still trying to collect myself and get back on my bike, the first car in line wanted to make a right turn and felt the need to wait for me to turn...i wasn't even back on my bike yet! I had to wave him on for him to go because not only did i fall in front of everyone but i was holding traffic up too!