Poor Cali!!! I consider myself a mountain biker who also road rides. I have fallen countless times on my mountain bike -- probably more than 50 times. The falls have included clipless tipovers, low side skids, earth/sky/earth/sky roll-overs, a face plant in a race, and a handful of endos. But I've never fallen on my road bike (knock on wood!), and I am PETRIFIED of a road fall.

I hope (physically) you're ok. And I hope (mentally) you don't get freaked out! I think the mistake was to bite off more than you were ready for. Take baby steps. Do a 4 foot drop in comfortably before you attempt a 10 foot drop. Challenge yourself, but stay within your limits.

And here's one "silver lining" to those bruises... I fall so often and almost always have some sort of damage showing on my legs. So when I spazz out and hit my shin on the coffee table, or skin my knee from trippping while walking down the street, everyone just assumes it was some sort of biking incident. So most people don't know just how clumsy I am....