How many times have you fallen?

[Trek420]

4.5 times. In random order:

1) On the Cinderella. This &^% hill with a stop light, I've never timed it right and end up having to start on a hill. Clip in right foot, start rolling slooooowly forward, clip in left, keep sloooowly trying to get going up the ..... topple right.

2) On the Alameda Creek Trail, stopped, looking at the view, straddling the bike ... fell over for no apparent reason.

3) Also on the ACT there's a little whoop dee do at the trail head, steep downhill with a turn and blind corner then an uphill. I was going downhill, dad and daughter downhill towards me towards the apex of the turn. Said daughter a little wobbly descending, I was carefully watching her and missed seeing the head-sized boulder in my path. I did a near picture perfect forward roll off the trail towards the creek far below ... yelling "I'm OK!!" the whole time I rolled " and I was.

My wheels though were taco'd. What a way to need an upgrade

4) Right hooked by a driver in a hurry for a Wendy's burger in Oakland just could not wait till I passed the drive through driveway.

The half is a couple of close calls, blew a tire on a descending turn on the Peninsula, skidded in the gravel as I did but retained my balance. Another was like the thread here "Chris Carmichael saved my life" when a driver turned right in front of me and I followed the curve of the turn.