I loved the role reversal, with the image of your kids running down the driveway coaxing you on!
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Thread: The Joy of Falling
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09-19-2005, 06:34 AM #1
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Sounds like fun!
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09-19-2005, 08:03 AM #2
YIKES! i'm a durt gurl
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way to go, katie!
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09-19-2005, 12:43 PM #3
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ya know.. that is a story you'll laugh about for the rest of your life no doubt... made me smile imagining it... especially your little ones coaching you on how to do it right...
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09-20-2005, 08:52 AM #4
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Katie, that is a story that is guaranteed to get better with the telling. Thanks for sharing.
It reminds me of an OT story: Many years ago on the night of a concert I was washing dishes and managed to slice a pretty big hole in my thumb (the scar is ~1 inch). Blood everywhere. We patched me up as best we could, got into concert dress, & drove to the ER. As I was wrestling my bass out the front door my 4YO daughter piped up, "Don't bleed on your bass, Mommy!" Children. Priorities. Children with Priorities.
Anyway, I got the thumb sewn back together and played the concert. It was...uncomfortable. Musicians.
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09-20-2005, 11:53 AM #5
I love headwinds! Really?
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I Loved the line "take out the foot that you're going to fall on"!! We'll have to remember to use that here for future newbie clipless riders!! Just Too Precious!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
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09-20-2005, 07:09 PM #6
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Too funny! Thank goodness you could laugh at yourself!
I too fell over when testing a bike. I couldn't get my foot out of the toe clip material (?)... and it was the side that I was leaning on. BAM! Hit the ground... like you said... "TIMBER".
I didn't leave that shop with those pedals. I knew right then and there that I was going clipless from day one.
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09-21-2005, 06:58 AM #7
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Ah see... this makes me want to avoid clipless. I can fall walking. I trip over my own feet. Clipless might be a huge adjustment... though I had been thinking of starting with them so I'd be used to them quicker.
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