Fell twice, one with the club on my 1st outing, I rode the streets for an hour a few days before to practice stopping and getting my shoe out of the clip.
We were racing and the group leader decided all of a sudden to stop and wait for the rest of the group, I thought it was a good idea; I needed to catch my breath and drink some water. Then this idea came to me as I was straight up with both feet clipped in and standing still. ****ttttttttt. Like a toy solder falling over in the grass. How embarrassing, I had some good bruises on the inside of both legs to prove it.
The second time I was in a big rush to pick up my glasses at a friend place before dark and I rode up the driveway and went to a one leg over the back dismount, shock! It’s clipped in, over I went without setting off their car alarm.
Monday, it was not intended, I was riding on packed fine gravel to get to the end of a pier to see where I launch my Kayak. Just then I lost my steering and looked down and crap, it turned to very loose sand; panic set in, steer, lean right, watch out for the ditch, get a leg out steer left, more sand, get ready we are going down! Phew! Saved at the last second just as I was falling over and me arse from the prickly bushes in the ditch. Have a sore leg from twisting though.
I am 50 and should be asking a 5 year old how to ride a bike, seem strange.