First crash in decades
03-18-21, 09:42 PM
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First crash in decades
Today I had the first crash in probably 30 years - Because I've been off the bike for 25 years.
Fortunately it happened at zero speed. In fact, zero speed is *why* it happened. I stopped to make a small adjustment. Afterwards, I clipped in the left pedal, noticing that the road had a bit of uphill slope. "No biggie," I thought. "I can get the right shoe clipped in before stalling out."
Well, that was wrong. I'm rusty at that move. So the pedal did a triple toe loop, which I followed with a double klutz. No harm came from the fall - and that includes my pride. I've none of that left. Looking great there, grandpa.
Fortunately it happened at zero speed. In fact, zero speed is *why* it happened. I stopped to make a small adjustment. Afterwards, I clipped in the left pedal, noticing that the road had a bit of uphill slope. "No biggie," I thought. "I can get the right shoe clipped in before stalling out."
Well, that was wrong. I'm rusty at that move. So the pedal did a triple toe loop, which I followed with a double klutz. No harm came from the fall - and that includes my pride. I've none of that left. Looking great there, grandpa.
03-18-21, 09:44 PM
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I’ve done that several times lol.
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03-18-21, 11:18 PM
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How often you come off a bike, is in proportion to how many risks you take. I come off, maybe once a year. But it is a bicycle, at relatively low speed. If you ride through enough mud, you will come off occasionally.
03-19-21, 01:34 AM
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Sorry, doesn’t qualify as a crash, more like a fall. Glad you are ok and no harm in falling . I still use traps and straps so I haven’t done that maneuver but pretty much everything else. We all have “those days” if we ride frequently and for enough years. I have ended up in a ditch upside down still clutching my bike after my front wheel catching a rut in the road. Things happen and never at a good time. Keep on pedaling!
03-19-21, 05:50 AM
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I'm actually considering a switch from Shimano SPD-SL pedals to the Wahoo Speedplay, just because the Wahoos are dual sided. I just have to check the release tension somehow, because twisting my left leg with force to release my foot would result in my kneecap popping off.
03-19-21, 06:32 AM
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You didn’t crash, you fell over! We call that a “Tombay”.
03-19-21, 07:26 AM
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03-19-21, 07:59 AM
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I guess I've never crashed then. Certainly nothing that led to road rash. I did slam into a buddy who suddenly stopped accelerating once.
Edit: I followed the link. LMFAO!!! Thanks for that, hahahaha!!!
Edit: I followed the link. LMFAO!!! Thanks for that, hahahaha!!!
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03-19-21, 09:23 AM
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Been there, done that.
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03-19-21, 09:45 AM
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Remember Arte Johnson on Laugh-In tipping over on his way too small tricycle? Kinda like that.
03-19-21, 11:04 AM
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Done that on our tandem a few times and capsized. No fun for the stoker!
03-19-21, 02:28 PM
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I crashed on the trainer once no joke. I still don't exactly know what was going on but I starting to really push the pedals and the bike came up out of the trainer and I went right over. I think I must not have had it locked in but was ok no damage done to me or bike.
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