Well, I'm totally new to cycling and thought I'd look for a little commiseration over my questionable start to my cycling career. For my 30th birthday I invested in a decent bike and was very excited to take up the sport. I have a grand total of three rides under my belt and have managed to fall.....EVERY time I've ridden! The first two incidents were the result of not getting my foot out of the clip in time. I think I now have that down. But the road rash on my leg and the gash in my hand that I am currently nursing are the result of yesterday's ride with my husband and daughter. We had an amazing ride and it was my first time riding on the road and not just on a protected cycling path. My husband was pulling our daughter in a trailer attached to his bike. As he passed me, I allowed myself to get distracted by looking at what my daughter was doing in the trailer. I realized I was going to go off the road a second before it happened, and MAY have saved myself the fall if I hadn't totally lost my mental nerve at that moment and my body just seemed to follow. My ironman husband has been nothing but supportive. As I fumed over being 3 for 3, he pointed out that 3 for 3 is much better than being 1 for 1, because it means that I keep getting back on my bike and not giving up. So I decided that 3 for 3 would become a point of pride for me...in that, one day (after first investing in a good pair of gloves), I hope to be an experienced cyclist looking back on my start and encouraging a new cyclist with antecdotes from my first three rides. In the mean time, encouraging words from any of you who are already at that point in your riding would be appreciated....And lets just hope I don't have to change my name to 4for4!