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08-05-08, 05:41 PM
I considered myself a junior member of club Tombay as I only fell all the way over once and it was while I was setting still and clipping in when I first went to clipless pedals. This morning on the way to work I was thinking about the track standing thread a couple of days ago and thought I should practice my track stands. I was in the bike lane on a pretty busy 4 lane road and got stopped at a light. I unclipped my right foot and was looking down at the ground trying to roll back off of a slight lip in the concrete. I looked up and realized I was leaning to the left. I stuck out my right leg to catch my balance and it almost worked. I continued falling over very slowly right into the traffic lane in front of the cars stopped at the light. I put out my left hand and slowed my fall as I crashed to the road about 4 feet in front of a pickup truck. I looked up at the light and naturally it turned green. My left foot was still in the pedal under the bike and the truck couldn't go because I was laying in the road in front of him. I crab crawled back into the bike lane with my foot still clipped in. The only damage was to my pride and I was quickly back on my way to work. From now on I am going to track stand at home until I get better at it. I no longer consider myself a junior member of club Tombay.