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Old 08-15-05 | 01:51 PM
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Haha this thread is great! We've all had our moments, it seems.

Sure, I've fallen over from being clipped in but I honestly can't remember the last time it happened. However... I do have a related story of recent vintage.

I was rolling down the foot/bike ramp from the George Washington Bridge, and like always, I'm too scared to do the narrow hairpin turn clipped in (this after many years of Looks... but anyway). So I've unclipped as usual and start down the last (steep) bit of ramp to the sidewalk, clipping in as I go. Well, not quite -- I always look down the ramp to see if anybody is coming up so I can stay unclipped and get safely out the way.

What do I spy but a fine looking female cyclist. As my wife who now rides quite a bit knows, I find fewer things easier on the eyes. Unfortunately, this briefly distracts me as I'm trying to clip in and BANG! I nail the edge of the gate that is halfway down this ramp and endo at like 2mph.

Now, I was embarrassed because it was another fairly serious cyclist who witnessed it, but more so still because it was probably obvious why I crashed. Note that I don't mind being "passed by a girl" but you get the idea. Fortunately I wasn't badly injured at all (bruise here and there IIRC) and the only real damage to the bike was a sheared shifter cable (caught the gate with the shifter, apparently).
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