Quote Originally Posted by bikegranny View Post
Ok, I'm scared, sore and discouraged! tried riding my old bike today, after about 10 years. Was barely out of the garage when I fell; thankfully, no injuries..........think my helmet saved my life, it was a faceplant into the paved driveway. Now I'm very very sore, but mostly discouraged, and scared to try again. If I can move tomorrow, will try again. I'm thinking a Day 6 bike. hope to find a dealer to try them out, in Columbus, OH.

thanks for words of encouragement and good advice.
BikeGranny,

I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but I noticed that you said you had taken a spill when barely out of your garage. Were you trying to get on the bike when this occurred? Was the problem with balancing the bike while trying to get both feet on the pedals, by any chance? Do you think the problem might be one of flexibility or is it more balance?

Here's why I ask, I'm a disabled cyclist. I used to bicycle all the time as a kid, but got back into cycling a few years ago after not having ridden in about 30 years. The problem I had when I was reacquainting myself with getting on a bike and riding was the crankarms were too long, and I didn't have the flexibility to easily get both feet on the pedals when starting the bike. So the problem for me wasn't balance. If this sounds like it might be similar to what you are experiencing, I found the solution for me was to get shorter crankarms and a laidback seatpost. If you click on the link labeled "Gary Fisher beater bike" in my signature, you will see a writeup and some pictures of some of the things I did to my bike initially to figure out what I would need.

BTW, getting the bike stabilizer isn't necessarily a bad idea if it helps.