I had my third fall this morning. I stopped at a 3 way intersection,unclipped with my left foot as I came to the stop and was ready to put my foot down. The cars at the other two stop signs both stopped and waved me through. As I began to push off with my right foot,I fell over to the right side. I love my helmet,which protected my head as it went crashing to the ground. Everyone jumped out of their cars to see if I was ok. Except for the major embarrassment I was fine. I biked another 8 miles or so, then started to feel sick. I only had 4 miles to go to get home but decided to stop and call my husband to come get me.
My second fall was at a stop sign on an incline. My first time trying to stop on a hill and I couldn't get out in time. Went down gracefully with no problems. There was a guy in a pickup truck laughing. He apologized for laughing but he fell in the same spot the week before so he thanked me for making him feel better.
My first fall happened at the end of my driveway. I was so proud of myself for completing a 30 mile ride with my new clip less shoes and pedals,I was able to clip in and out without any problems, but then pulled into my driveway,looked at my cyclometer and found myself back in the road. Unfortunately I fractured my wrist on that one.
Three falls but I still love my clipless pedals and will be back out riding again tomorrow.



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