So, powering away from a light my clip released on the downstroke, and my foot shot forward and I jammed my foot into the front wheel. Spectacular endo followed resulting in a bent rim, bent fork and separated shoulder. I need a better story than " I got my foot caught in the front wheel".

Think I'm goin' to clips after this...

(pics to follow if anyone's interested)

Damn, that sucks the big one. Wow, I can only imagine how pissed off I would be. Pretty expensive for a minor equipment failure. Post the pics for sure. Sorry to hear it.

hmmm....baby...runaway carriage.....ferrari driven by drunken prep....big bus(or streetcar if you wish)......hero saves day by selfless act.....blocks baby from certain death.....injured but proud.....

or slowed to look in bakery window-saw pie...

Well, the picture isn't all that much to see, but if you follow the outline of the shoulder on your reading left, you'll see what's called a "step-defect" where the end of the collarbone has risen above where it normally joins to the shoulder blade at the acromion process.

Damn pie....

tell people that you had met a pretty young thing at a bar, she took you home, you commence to fornicatin' and low and behold...unbeknownst to you she was married...in charges the lunberjack-esque husband, he chases you out, you grab your bike and pedal away only to be chased down and the crazed lumberjack hits your back wheel, causing you to tumble and break yourself and your bike

say you slipped in the shower and accidentally broke your bike as a result.

Your new story:
"A 13yr old girl kicked my ass and then threw my bike across the street.".

You were at a stoplight reaching into your Chrome/Baileyworks/Timbuk2 mess. bag and suddenly found your stash pocket! You were so surprised and amazed you decided to celebrate with some pie. Didn't know what kind of pie...mirengue, apple, cobbler (which I believe we've concluded isnt really a pie), rhubarb...it just had to be pie. IN your thinking of pie and your new found stash pocket you didn't motice the green light and then decided to go at the last minute. Just as you made it across the intersection a van suddenly stops and the car immediately following the van jumps into your lane, causing you to hit it and roll over it. Not much pain to you but a busted front end.

This is the story you should use!

Dude, if your cover story doesn't involve dragons, you're wasting everyone's time.

Dude do you have a pie pouch like those sca guys?

it's all about the pie.

maybe a couple dragons....

A Calico kitten ( everyone knows they are colour blind) ran across the red. Swerving to avoid said kitten, your case of pbr flew out of your secret stash pocket. It smashed in the road ahead of you causing you to skid since you have no brakes...................

That kitten better turn into a calico dragon or so help me... Ooh, game's back!

You were reading a porno on your bike...nuff said.

You were *****faced drunk and didn't see that parked car.

Always works for me...

Kung fu. The story must contain king fu.

Kung fu or King fu?

I'd prefer kink fu....

Oh. Kung fu. True that.

Kung fu and calico dragons running red lights. For damn sure.

I'm not symmetrical either. Symmetry is boring.

How about some ninja stole your pie out of the stash pocket (cause ninjas are slick like that), so you tried to go kug fu on his ass. You ultimately prevail, but while biking home, your foot comes out of the clip, hits your front wheel, and you fly over the bars. Afterwards you went to go drink.

I meant kung fu, but kinky kung fu would be even better. (Isn't it always?) Maybe you could thenceforth declare yourself the king of kinky kung fu.

there's clips, but then there's damn toe clip overlap. i've got it bad on my fixie but it hasn't taken me down yet. it will, though. just watch.

me? i'd blame it all on alcohol. and bush. how about bush was drunk driving and hit you? that'd be good for his polling numbers.

chimbly - is your frame a smaller size?
and what length are your cranks

49cm frame, 165 cranks. and there's not much i can do about it, except for downsize to 650c or 27" wheels, which i really don't feel like doing right now. i have explored the option of running a smaller front wheel only, but that's just a little odd.

i'm just saying that i swapped out my clipless for clips, and they aren't the be all and end all to the prollems.

27" is bigger than 700c

i'm short *and* good at math *and* can hijack a thread like a bandit.