Five years? First fall?? I wipe out regularly. Well...I ride dirt after all. Last week tried to hit a turn too fast and bam! Front wheel slid out in some sand and I went down- big scrape and bruise on my shin from my bottle cage. And oh yeah- right in front of guy in a pickup truck on the street next to me. Amazing how fast you can jump back up, isn't it? Once he left I poured ice water on my leg- ouch ouch ouch.