Originally Posted by
OnyxTiger
So, just got some clipless kicks. Got the pedals put on. Using some Looks.
Rode around a fair bit and tried getting off while riding into my garage the first time. Success.
Decided it isn't as tough as people make it out to be. Second time, I go into the garage... unclip the left leg... and somehow end up smashing onto the right side. (Oh no's!!! Not the drive side!!!)
I get up, dust off my bruised ego. Right lever is now bent over to the left, as is the handlebar. I bend it back to as straight as possible.
AM I ON MY WAY TO BECOMING A ROADIE NOW?!?
I fell into a Juniper bush at 9am on a Monday morning at a crowded intersection in front of a Bank of America when I forgot to unclip (well, I forgot to un-"clips and straps") one time. I rolled to a stop on a sidewalk (Hey, I was 14. I rode on the sidewalk. It was 1986. Things were different.) and just didn't pull my foot out. I teetered, and opted to fall into a bush. I knew that a lot of people saw me fall, so I decided that I was just going to lay in the bush until the light turned green, and they all drove away. Then I realized that a bunch of people would just see a kid in spandex, motionless, laying in a bush while attached to a Schwinn.
I just got up and rode away. I still have the Schwinn.
Well, I have the frame, at least.