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Old 05-03-13 | 06:54 PM
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From: Milford NH

Bikes: 2011 Jamis Coda hybrid, 2013 Bianchi Infinito

Yep, right of passage. Fell twice so far getting use to my Speed plays. My first ride to work with them I decided to ride from the parking lot acoss the grass to the door of my office . Decided to ride between two cars to get to the grass. At the last minute as I turned to go between the cars I had a moment of clarity and realized that might not be such a good idea as there wasn't much room. Tried to unclip as I made the turn and fell over in slow motion. And yes 3 people arriving, coffees in hand watching the clown act. Just had to laugh. The second time I read another post here about practicing unclipping either foot instead of always pushing off on the same foot at every stop. By now I was pretty good at only unclipping my left foot so I could push off on my stronger right leg. First time I stopped at an intersection and unclipped the right foot,I didn't take in to consideration the road was pitched to the left. Lost my balance and tipped over. Yep two cars arrived at the four way just then. One pretty girl asked if I was ok. Said yes just hurt my pride. She laughed. The other car was an elderly women who wanted to know if I needed to call for assistance. Now that I got that out of my system, I've ridden several hundred miles with many stops incident free.
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