Last night I'm riding my steel bike on the trainer as I watch the World Series. Everything's fine until I take my hands off the bars, sit straight up to stretch and my seat clamp gives way allowing the seat to shift nose straight up. I lose my balance, and slide back down over the seat, my rear hits the back wheel (got a single, thin tire burn just to the left of my backside center line, if you know what I mean). My feet are clipped into the pedals, so as I hit the floor, I bring the entire bike down on top of me. There I lie with the bike still in the trainer with the whole thing upside down and on top of me, my feet still clipped to the pedals. My oldests son turns from watching the game and says, "Hey, aren't you susposed to keep it muddy side down, clean side up?" It must have been the perfect thing for him to say, because instead of cursing, I just start laughing as I try to get myself untangled from this whole thing. No serious injuries or damage to the bike or trainer. Lesson learned... check the seat clamp every once in a while to see if it's still tight.

PICTURES?!?

Glad you weren't hurt. That's one way to beat the boredom factor of trainer riding.

The MOST important question:

Were you wearing your helmet?

Man, if the Consumer Product Safety Commission hears of this, trainers will be banned!

Glad you are OK

Thanks for the laugh.
Glad you only got a minor injury, bet that makes sitting interesting.

Ouch. Could you post a video of that please

Richard

Glad you're OK (as I type in between laughs )

I have fallen off mine a couple of times, Glad you are OK. at least you realize - sometime you might as well laugh.

I was imagining which body parts could have gotten pinched under the brake caliper/bridge as I was reading your post.

Glad it turned out okay for you. I'm going to check my saddle today.

Impressive! I tip my cap to you sir!

As I started to read your post, the first thing I thought of is tailbone.I'm glad to hear your OK.

I found myself in a strange quandary... laughing and worrying about whether you were hurt. Then I realized that if you were hurt seriously last night you wouldn't be writing, and then I was able to really laugh when you mentioned that your response was laughter.

Thanks for the warning, because it is just the sort of thing that would happen to me.

But thanks mostly for sharing the joy of laughter with us!!!

What kind of training fluids were you drinking . . . ?

And this can all be verified by a reliable witness! I love it.

You're in good company. George Hincapie similarly took a spill at Paris Roubaix when his steerer snapped. Likewise, you crashed during a Big Sporting Event due to equipment failure. You're in great company. Except George wasn't laughing.

We now want the witness's version. Pics would have been better but I can understand trying to keep the camera still could have been a problem.

I know most accidents happen in the home- But This is getting stupid now.

e.g., "Well, I come into the garage and there's dad with some cabernet sloshed onto his white riding jersey but he was still holding a half-full glass upright and had this kind of dazed look on his face as he was laying on the floor with his feet still clipped in and . . . "

Dad pulled me into his home office to tell you what happened last night. I'm not a member; so, I'm using his profile. It's like he said it was. Mom wishes it had happened in the garage, but it was in the family room. Trying to talk Dad into not having his bike there would be impossible. Dad also doesn't drink anymore. So, it really was just the seat slipping. I don't think it was his night. Turns out his team lost the ball game too. He's always on me to be careful about stuff, now I got the goods on him. It was funny to see. Even the dog was looking at him like it was too weird to believe.

Sorry, but that's just too funny........

BWHAAAH!!! just lost the coffee all over the keyboard

Thank the good Lord it was the steel bike! Vintage can survive such abuse. Now can we all say three times: "I'll check my seat clamp! I'll check my seat clamp! I'll check my seat clamp!

I had it in check till the dog came into the story.......

Reminds me of the time I was warming up on rollers at the track. You do NOT want to be watching other guys out on the track if you are on rollers, because as your eyes follow them, so does the bike. Until it rolls off the side of the rollers.

But your story has got that beat hands down. I salute you!

- L.

"So there I was with the champagne bottle in my hand, taking my victory lap around the Champs d'Elysee with the rest of the Discovery team. Suddenly, my rim folds and I take a spill off the bike and hit the road hard. The crowd of adoring fans rush to my side to make sure I'm not injured, and a beautiful podium girl cradles my head and kisses my cheek repeatedly...."

....Then I come to on the floor of the living room with my son staring at my like I'm a loonie, and the dog licking my face ....

B'Dog

That happened to me, too. I changed saddles and didn't tighten the new one enough.

I was amazed I didn't get hurt, but for a few days I put old t shirts on the corner of the desk next to the trainer. I imagined bashing my brains out.

When it happened my wife ran in to see if I was okay. Then the next day she told everyone she knew I'd fallen off a bike that wasn't moving.

Sheesh, can't a man be humiliated in private?

Yeah,,I was riding a thrift shop bike home,and the seat turned sideways,the post was loose in the tube.it was not a safety issue.I was close to home.But when I slapped a mtn schwinn sidewinder together after years of neglect,I wasn;t used to twist grip shifters and hammered it going up a hill and shifted myself out of this world almost I survived with a nasty pulled muscle.I balanced all my weight on one arm ,didn't go over but would a been better to tuck and roll rather then the one handed hand-stand OUCH!