Ever since I got this bike two years ago, I've been afraid of crashing; it's SO much lighter than any other bike I've ever had. (And I'd done almost no biking as an adult.) I was terrified it was just going to slip out from under me. I finally got a lot more comfortable on it, but I know it really doesn't like any loose sand/gravel or other impediments.

...Like train tracks. Which I was less than my Anally Careful self hitting today, so my front wheel caught in them and I slammed down, hard. Torqued my back good (the "hilarious" bit was that I only turned to CROSS the tracks because I decided on my way back from yoga to see my back-care practitioner ), bruises up and down right leg, heel of palms swollen and sore. Managed to bike the 3 or so miles to the practitioner, where she told me not to ride home and I got a ride instead.

My question is, do I need to get the bike checked out? A nice cyclist helped pick the bike up after I went down, and gave it a very brief once-over, but I'm wondering if it's standard practice to take it to the shop to make sure everything is in working order?

(I'm pretty glad that I'M in as good working order as I am, really.)