I had my first fall today in my clipless shoes. I was trying to avoid a dog a hundreds yards in front of me and end up stopping, but I didn't unclip....needless to say I went down! It wasn't too bad b/c I was in the grass, but I'm feeling the soreness now! My first war wound!!! I feel so bad azz!!!
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11-18-2011, 01:34 PM #1
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11-25-2011, 07:00 PM #2
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Toshamack- I totally commend your use of clipless shoes (I'm a newbie and don't think I can hack them). Hoping your firs fall will be your last!
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11-25-2011, 11:50 PM #3
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I rode the big roundabout at the end of my road this week. I normally go up a dropped kerb just before the roundabout and keep left onto a multi user path, but Small Girl's nursery is moving to new premises soon and I'll have to either ride straight over or walk the bike & trailer across the road. Anyway, it was fine. I have done plenty of the mini-roundabouts but this was my first full-size one. Go me
Incidentally, the new route to nursery takes me up an embarassingly short hill that had me huffing and puffing the first time I ever rode it (just over a year ago). This week I shot up it without even noticing. Oh the joys of improved fitness and mountain bike gearing...
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11-30-2011, 01:11 PM #4
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I cleaned and lubed three bike chains this morning (2 mine and one the Mister's). They hadn't been done before as my bike maintenance book said that they didn't need doing for the first few hundred miles, but my LBS was horrified when I owned up to never having actually lubed a chain. I had a short ride (just a couple of miles) on each bike afterwards and could really tell the difference.
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12-10-2011, 02:53 PM #5
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don't feel bad- my first day clipped I fell in the gravel, stuck to my bike in front of my 18yr old son and 4 of his friends! I am happy to say I have since lapped them uphill (though they torch me DH and jumps.................)
Originally Posted by ToshaMack
I had my first fall today in my clipless shoes. I was trying to avoid a dog a hundreds yards in front of me and end up stopping, but I didn't unclip....needless to say I went down! It wasn't too bad b/c I was in the grass, but I'm feeling the soreness now! My first war wound!!! I feel so bad azz!!!
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