Clipped and falling..

[davefb]

Okay, so first clipped ride on saturday, which would have been successfull apart from stupid shoes breaking immediately , though the 2nd set of connections I used worked okay . Managed to fall off at my backdoor...

now that was okay , as nobody saw


cue today, first commute clipped in,, got in okay, worked on the principle of take the left foot out early and dont clip it back until sure of a good run .
going home, here i stopped to turn, essentially positioned 180degrees from how that van is..
http://maps.google.c...356.64,,0,14.92

its evening, luckily not too busy, but say 20 cars waiting at various points..

who then witness a stupid stationary cyclist manage to fall off , with nobody anywhere near him .. [ i was about to set off, but leant to the right , start falling and didnt manage to unclip on the right before i'd pretty much ended on the floor ]
figured only 20people managed to laugh at it, so you lot could too

 

[Becs]

I'm glad I'm not alone - I didn't unclip in time on Saturday morning returning from my first fnrttc, fell off and landed in a pile of horse poo! Not quite sure why the offending turd was on a cycle path next to an effing great road between Southend and London but at least it provided my sleep-deprived companions with some amusement!

 

[gadders]

Happened to me a couple of months back while hanging a right at the end of my road whhile simultaneously dropping a gear to cope with a sharp change in gradient (It was 5:30 in the morning and didn't think ahead). The chain jammed and everthing froze. It was slow-motion time with me trying to get my left foot out of the toe clip while I sort of teetered in and out of balance. The inevitable happened and I went crashing in an ungainly heap on the pavement.
OK, 5:30 don't sound to bad. Who the hell would be up at that hour to look at me sprawled on the pavement like an old drunkard? Answer: A couple with a suitcase heading to the train station... As they walked passed me I made some humerous comment. I can't remember what it was I said but I can remember the apparent look of disgust on their faces as they walked round me... They obviously didn't see the funny side of it...

 

[the_mikey]

I fell over in the garage while clipped in on the bike and leaning against a wall. still somehow managed to fail!

 

[007]

I have fallen a good few times getting used to spd pedals, usually leaving or coming into the house, interestingly. At that time the neighbours must have thought my pre-ride drink was vodka.

However, once I loosened the resistance though pretty much as far as the pedals will allow, it was much, much easier to escape a tricky situation. Are your pedals too tight - is unclipping too much of a struggle? Get the allen key out and unloosen the resistance, perhaps?

 

[davefb]

I have fallen a good few times getting used to spd pedals, usually leaving or coming into the house, interestingly. At that time the neighbours must have thought my pre-ride drink was vodka.

However, once I loosened the resistance though pretty much as far as the pedals will allow, it was much, much easier to escape a tricky situation. Are your pedals too tight - is unclipping too much of a struggle? Get the allen key out and unloosen the resistance, perhaps?

personally, i just forgot the right was clipped in and the fact that 'if i lean to the right then the left foot being unclipped isnt much help' ..

cycled past the spot this morning ( yay full distance 12 miles 1hr5'cycling') and waved a fist at the junction ( nice and cathartic )..

 

[Wobblers]

It's an immutable Law of Nature that any clipless moments will be in front of an audience! My one moment (so far! ) was, of course, witnessed by a white van man and several forummers! Don't worry, now that you've got it out of the way you can concentrate on your cycling - happy riding!

 

[jarushby]

Nature's second law of clipless moments is that just when you think it won't happen again , it does.

 

[Muddyfox]

It's an immutable Law of Nature that any clipless moments will be in front of an audience!

Nature's second law of clipless moments is that just when you think it won't happen again , it does.

After having my first clipless moment in the first week of switching over to SPD's i thought i'd gotten it out of the way, several months later (on the Devon CycleChat Ride) i had a stationary moment in front of everyone .. mind you though i did look well ard riding into Exmouth with the blood running down my leg

Simon

 

[Peter10]

I haven't fallen over yet thankfully. My SPD pedals were way to tight as they came so I undid them all the way to slacken the springs off which was way to loose. Midway is just about right for me. My SPD-SL pedals are as loose as they can go though.

 

[martint235]

Nature's 3rd law is that anyone who rides clipless WILL have a clipless moment. If they haven't had one yet they will.........

I was at a red light behind one of those stupidly huge motorbikes. My thinking went that once the light went green, I wouldn't see him for dust. Got red/amber stood on pedals, got green clipped in. Motorbike didn't move. I did, sideways. The lorry driver behind me just shook his head laughing. Motorbike moved on, cyclists passed, normal service of staring at strange man in gutter resumed....