My first fall

[Bluetree]

I told my DH and he said "gee I wish I would have seen that". Don't you just love understanding men????

Carol

Yeah, not a sympathetic bunch. A friend once joked (in front of all his cycling buddies) that I fall so often I shouldn't be let out on a bike unless I was packaged in bubble wrap. Now every time I see any them, I hear, "Hey, what's up, Bubble Wrap!?" Sheesh.

My response: "I may fall a lot... but at least I keep getting back up!"
Grr.

[Crankin]

Well, I've had 2-3 bad crashes and I stayed completely clipped in on both. One was on a 20% downhill, wet, in Vermont. As I lay in the middle of a country road, everyone was saying, "Are you OK?" All I could say is "Get me out of these pedals!" (well, with a few choice words added in).

[Saxa82]

Yeah I've fallen a few times when I got Speedplay frogs- and according to the manual your feet DON"T clip out when you fall- which I realized as the bike was atop my leg and my ankle was twisting miserably underneath. Still hurts if I bend it in an awkward way (a month later). After a few falls (which not only hurt me but was starting to do damage to my nice Fisher Tassajara (bent derailleur, broken off tip to brake lever) and some some spooky moments going down hills, I decided to put the frogs on my old bike and just ride on platforms for a while. If I fall, no biggie to the bike, plus I can practice, practice, practice on the trainer and the back road til I get thoroughly used to the frogs, which as the rate I'm going will be about a year, give or take a few months. (Oh well, at least I can get out on my nice bike with the platforms and eat up the road like I always did!)

[farrellcollie]

My left foot did not clip out as I fell - spd clipless pedals (the ironic part is that they are campus pedals - clip in on one side - not clip on the other). My wrist is only sprained - happily I took most of the fall on my hip - which has a massive bruise (I hadn't been paying much attention to hip/backside until I got on bike Saturday and thought - gosh this hurts - looked in a mirror and realized the problem.)

[Daggett]

I have had several falls lately. I purchased speed play zero pedals and put them on my old hybrid while I waited for my new bike to arrive. I fell twice on my old bike. Both times I was coming to a stop and could not get my shoes to disengage. Two more times with my new bike last night. One was a bad one. My husband made a sudden stop on the bike path and a lady was coming the other direction. I had to slam on the brakes and I couldn't get my foot out of the pedals. I fell over on rough cement, twisted my knee and ankle and got scrapped up pretty bad. I'm on the path still attached to my bike, the lady passed me and just looks, my husband just stands there. I think I screamed what are you doing? Get this thing off of me!! My poor bike got a scratch on the shifter and the derailer.

Do my pedals and clips need adjusted? Or am I a very slow learner

[mtbdarby]

Nice stories,
Hey Bubble Wrap - I mean Bluetree. Don't feel bad, my friends laughed at me when I showed them my new tshirt: http://www.cafepress.com/buy/cycling...t_/pg_/c_/fpt_

Maybe they're just jealous we have better stories to tell then they do!

[pooks]

Great t-shirt!

[Bikingmomof3]

Nice stories,
Hey Bubble Wrap - I mean Bluetree. Don't feel bad, my friends laughed at me when I showed them my new tshirt: http://www.cafepress.com/buy/cycling...t_/pg_/c_/fpt_

Maybe they're just jealous we have better stories to tell then they do!

Fantastic T-shirt!