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Originally Posted by Stujoe
(Post 5277662)
From all the reports of tipping over I have read, it is never done when there is no one to see it. lol
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Originally Posted by edp773
(Post 5314435)
I have done this three times in three years.
1. I put my right foot down and fell left at a car race. The bottle cage caught the release of my right prosthetic foot propelling it about two feet away. Some people looked on in horror while my friend was laughing so hard he cold not ask if I was alright. 2. I fell leavng the Post Office when I was boxed in by a boy on a bicycle and a mother with a kid in a stroller. 3. I was doing a trackstand at a four-way stop with cars stopped at all four signs. It was my turn to go when the guy to the left decided he had the left-away and sped through the intersection. The partial pedal stroke forward and sudden stop was enough to lose my balance. This was 1/2 block from the Post Office one year later STAY AWAY FROM THE POST OFFICE!!! |
I used to hike a lot, and one of the places I've been was a hiking/biking trail over at Grapevine Lake. It is 95% mountain bikers, 5% hikers, generally. Anyway, I was walking along a narrow section, came to a sharp curve, when a biker suddenly whipped around the curve, and came to a dead halt- and fell over. I don't guess I realized that anybody's feet were attached to those pedals until then. I'm sure it was embarrassing for the guy, and I didn't know what to say, either. (And yes, I do and did step aside so people can get past).
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Originally Posted by stapfam
(Post 5313008)
Now as to using clips- I hate them I even fell over with the bike at a spinning class once. To get the same effect of being clipped in- I tighten those toe straps right up so I don't lose the pedal on the upstroke. End of session and pulled left foot out of the toe clip and stepped off right and the right foot did not come out. Weight was already sending the body over right with the right fot stuck in the clip. Grabbed the bars and over went the bike with me still in the clip.
(I have one bike with toe clips. I've only ridden it a few times, with great trepidation! I'm sure it's only a matter of time...) |
Six weeks ago...
First road bike in 30 years. Brand New. Very Expensive. Get on, but forget to select a gear low enough to get up the steeper end of the driveway. PLUS, can't get the dang left foot to clip in. Push, grind, push, slower... slower. Finally, what the heck, just stop and try again! Ooops... that's when the left foot decides to clip in. Slow motion roll to the left, trying desparately to keep the bike from hitting the ground. Nobody there to see it, so it didn't really happen (If a tree falls in the woods...?) My wife decides she likes the biking idea. Brand new Lemond Versailles. We stop for a water break on her first ride, and she cautiously unclips her right foot. Then leans LEFT! Same slow motion roll. BUT, I saw it, so it really happened. Last week, went to the publicized meeting place of a local riding group for their evening ride. Slightly nervous - never done this before. Didn't want to look like a dork. I'm straddling my bike (both feet on the ground) talking to a couple of riders when this other guy rides over from where he parked. Rides up to the group - all guys. Falls over on his ass... just lays there spread eagle looking at the sky. I noticed nothing but sympathy in the group, and realized everybody had done that at one time or another, and really really felt bad for him. Welcome to the club!!!! |
Eventually we all do the "Artie Johnson". . .clips, clipless, or plaforms.
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If it has not already been suggested lace the strap diagonally (inside rear to outside front of the pedal) the way power grips are. Your foot could escape and break your fall much more easily.
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Well if you're good enough, you can bury a pedal in the back of your leg, even with conventional non-clip pedals on your $350 bike while trying to turn far too tightly on a steep hill. Hooray for my first bike injury since childhood yesterday!
http://www.autocrossing.com/misc/junk/legcut.jpg |
OOh yeah, that injury looks pretty familiar!
I mashed one of my (platform) pedals into the side of my leg last year, in a clumsy mounting move; next thing I knew, I had a baseball-size hematoma on my calf. Apparently I succeeded in performing my own version of varicose vein surgery - I mashed that sucker completely out of existence. My doctor advised me against repeating the procedure on the other leg, though. I wish I'd thought to get a picture! |
Originally Posted by Shaverda
(Post 5305354)
And yes, quite literally. I cracked up. Thank God for superglue.
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I think that is safe to say, when you get your first clipless pedals , you will fall over at least once. For me , three times, all with an audience.
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