I fell off my bike (don't look if squeamish)
On my ride home on Friday I fell off my bike whist clipped in. I got my right foot out of the pedal and the bike decided to fall the opposite way and I hit the ground. My knee hit the tarmac quite hard and for good measure, the big ring on my bike decided to attack me. It didn't want to stop bleeding so I had to put a dressing on it. All is OK now.
One of our local bike shops keeps a rather macabre bulletin board of such photos, both the human limbs and the bike parts involved. Some even have a short narrative to accompany them. Quite entertaining...
ReplyDeleteWhat a cracking idea. I have a big ring scar photo like that too. That sounds like a bulletin board to me, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, hope you're ok Toby! ;o)
Think it would have looked cooler wrapped in a pink bandage mate lol
ReplyDeleteOh yeah I know your ok coz see you Saturday :-)
Got to say SPD's :-( scare me to death
Lend us one of your pink bandages then Les!
ReplyDeleteNow I know why I unclip the right leg!
ReplyDeleteLesson here! You should (in this country) always start off with your RIGHT foot, so that your unclipped leg is on the side away from the traffic (left) - and this is fortunately the side you fell (away from traffic). (sorry, I sound like someone's mum - Oh, I am!)
ReplyDeleteI find it terminally embarrassing when you fall off while stationery!!!!! Good chain ring scar!
Oh cool. I always unclip with my right leg. I notice that most people do left which means that they can lean on the pavement. I thought I was wron and would have to retrain myself.
ReplyDeleteThe reason I un-clip with my right foot first is to protect the dérailleur.
ReplyDeleteI thought the derailleur was on the rhs... How useless am I?
ReplyDeleteI'm a lefty. I think it's a subconscious decision but dictated by using my right foot when starting off.
ReplyDeleteI have no pink bandages, but I do have a Mr Bump plaster if it helps.
I've got one of those scars too... I'm notorious for falling off my bike while clipped in. LOL I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one :)
ReplyDeleteI unclip my left foot, simple reason being I can pedal off easier with my right rather than my left.
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