I fell down about two weeks ago- twice!

We had the most perfectly clear lakes around here(no snow on them) and people were out ice skating all the way across from one side to the other. I had seen plenty of videos of guys riding on ice and thought I'd see how far I could get. Turns out I could get about 300 yds! I fell hard on my left side, but landed on my hip/shoulder and it wasn't a big deal. I got up and turned around to ride back to shore. I pedaled about 10' before I fell on my other side. This time I stuck out my arm and landed on my elbow. At that point my ego was more bruised than anything so I walked back to shore and biked the rest of the way home by street.

After both of the falls I didn't feel that bad. My elbow was a little sore but that's it. Then, about two days later I was brushing my teeth and my hip went out. I ended up at the chiropractor and he popped things back into place. He told me that the falls must have pushed me out of alignment and I just needed a trigger to set things off- in this case it was a cough. Live and learn.

I did figure out that my front tire never slipped (Continental Spike Claw 240), but my rear wheel slipped out on me both times (Continental Spike Claw 120). Looking at the tread on the back tire I don't know what I was thinking as the spikes are all out on the side and not down the center like my front wheel.

Jon