This is my first post with exception to the intro thread. I have been biking to work for the last two weeks, (it's only a couple of miles for me) and I'm new to bike riding as an adult. I work kind of a weird shift (Fri. through Mon.) and on Mondays the regular weekday shift works with us. This Monday I found out that one of the supervisors on the weekday shift rides to work so I decided to ride the long way home and go his way for a little bit. Well, the road he goes down to get out of the gate is long and there is no shoulder. In fact there is about 2-3 inches of pavement on the right of the white line and then there is a 3-4 inch drop off to dirt/rocks. We were riding in tandem on the white line to make it easier for cars to pass and I guess I got nervous or something because I went off the pavement and lost control of my bike. The next thing I know, I'm hitting the ground and my bike is on top of me. We looked at my my bike and I had to bend one of the brake handles back into its proper position. It pretty much looked ok so I rode it home from there. When I got home I looked at it closer and spun the wheels with the bike upside down and it looks like the rear axle might be whobbling a little. I suppose I should have it checked out by a pro. before I ride it too much?

Anyway, that was my first bike wreck since I was a kid, and yes, I was wearing a helmet. I skinned up my knees and hand a bit but I'm not badly injured. It is quite embarrassing though, and I don't think I'll be going that way much in the future.