Third clipless ride = fell over

Thoughts going through head at the time = "Uh oh!" and "Oh crud!" except the actual word that came out of my mouth was not "crud."

I am ok...a little minor road rash and I'm expecting a good bruise on my hip. Thank goodness for helmets...hit my head on the pavement but I hardly even felt it.

Bike has injuries. Poor thing. Left brake hood & handlebar are bent inwards pretty bad and the metal part above the shifters is all scratched up. And my new Terry Butterfly saddle is scuffed. Very sad.

But I'm kind of glad I've had my first good fall. I feel like a fully initiated cyclist.

Here's what I did...I stopped, rested, and got back on the bike. But something was rubbing on my front wheel. So I rode about 50' and decided to stop again. Little did I know my left foot had clipped back in (this is so amazing because it's a bit of a challenge to get clipped in...then, when I have no intention of clipping in, the darn thing clips in by itself!). Anyway, slow tip-over to the left. And of course my right foot was free...but I always step down with my left! Heavy sigh.

The funniest part is when I got home and took my shorts off, a bunch of little pavement rocks fell out of my shorts. I looked down at the floor and thought "what the heck?" I didn't even know they were in there!