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09-12-03, 11:12 PM
Okay, for the past two monhs, I've been riding my bike with Performance Due shoes. Cheap, but effective. I hadn't had a single wreck, fall, or anything. Not even a close call. No clipless problems, NOTHING!
The other day I get a new set of Sidi Dynamics, and about 1 minute into my VERY FIRST RIDE with them, I wreck at about 15 MPH. (See "Those who have, and those who will). I pick up my pieces and head home, since I just wanted to try 'em out a little anyway. No real damage, just a bruised knee, torn up left cheek (not face), and my handlebars were tilted up.
The NEXT day, I somehow don't clip out of my pedals at a stop sign and fall over. I NEVER have problems clipping out. Not even a stray thought about it. Sigh. I figure that it was 'cause I wasn't sure what the car turning ahead was doing. Hmm.
Today, however, I'm haulin' down a hill at about 35MPH. Determined to hit 40MPH before I leave for the Marines on Monday, I shift to my big front chainring. POW- my left foot pops out of the pedal, I lose control a bit, and run onto the grass. Intent on NOT pulling the same uneven-pavement-to-grass routine I pulled the other day, I decide to pull a Lance and ride off-road for a little bit. I figure I can slow down in the grass and take a less drifting line back onto the pavement. Good plan, no? It worked fine for about a second. Then I saw the ditch.
There was a small ditch running parrallel to the road that had grass growing out of it- that was the same length as the surrounding grass. In other words, it was impossible to detect until I was about 3 feet from it. Which I was. BAM! No time to react, Cole goes flying over the handlebars, lands on his right hip and left knee, nails his ankle on something on the bike, and rolls a few times. Ouch.
As I lay there, wondering what I've gotten myself into by buying these shoes, a car goes by- the driver had seen the whole thing, and didn't bother to stop. In the next 30 seconds, 4 more cars and 6 bikers went by. Not a single one even asked me if I was okay. Arrg. :crash:
Turns out I bent my handlebars, bent my wheels so bad I had to limp it home on my aching shoulders, as they were rubbing the brake pads, and I think I bent my front derailleur(SP?). Sigh.
What do y'all think? Cursed Sidis?
On the one hand, I'm pissed I wrecked and all that, but on the other, I'm glad I survived with minor injuries and I now have an excuse to buy a new wheelset. And since most wheels won't work with my 7 speed casette, I'll have to get an 8 speed. And I'd hate to have that extra gear and not be able to use it, so I might just have to upgrade some of the rest of my less-than-stellar components....:beer: After boot camp:(
Cole
The other day I get a new set of Sidi Dynamics, and about 1 minute into my VERY FIRST RIDE with them, I wreck at about 15 MPH. (See "Those who have, and those who will). I pick up my pieces and head home, since I just wanted to try 'em out a little anyway. No real damage, just a bruised knee, torn up left cheek (not face), and my handlebars were tilted up.
The NEXT day, I somehow don't clip out of my pedals at a stop sign and fall over. I NEVER have problems clipping out. Not even a stray thought about it. Sigh. I figure that it was 'cause I wasn't sure what the car turning ahead was doing. Hmm.
Today, however, I'm haulin' down a hill at about 35MPH. Determined to hit 40MPH before I leave for the Marines on Monday, I shift to my big front chainring. POW- my left foot pops out of the pedal, I lose control a bit, and run onto the grass. Intent on NOT pulling the same uneven-pavement-to-grass routine I pulled the other day, I decide to pull a Lance and ride off-road for a little bit. I figure I can slow down in the grass and take a less drifting line back onto the pavement. Good plan, no? It worked fine for about a second. Then I saw the ditch.
There was a small ditch running parrallel to the road that had grass growing out of it- that was the same length as the surrounding grass. In other words, it was impossible to detect until I was about 3 feet from it. Which I was. BAM! No time to react, Cole goes flying over the handlebars, lands on his right hip and left knee, nails his ankle on something on the bike, and rolls a few times. Ouch.
As I lay there, wondering what I've gotten myself into by buying these shoes, a car goes by- the driver had seen the whole thing, and didn't bother to stop. In the next 30 seconds, 4 more cars and 6 bikers went by. Not a single one even asked me if I was okay. Arrg. :crash:
Turns out I bent my handlebars, bent my wheels so bad I had to limp it home on my aching shoulders, as they were rubbing the brake pads, and I think I bent my front derailleur(SP?). Sigh.
What do y'all think? Cursed Sidis?
On the one hand, I'm pissed I wrecked and all that, but on the other, I'm glad I survived with minor injuries and I now have an excuse to buy a new wheelset. And since most wheels won't work with my 7 speed casette, I'll have to get an 8 speed. And I'd hate to have that extra gear and not be able to use it, so I might just have to upgrade some of the rest of my less-than-stellar components....:beer: After boot camp:(
Cole