How to recover after an off

[CrackPuffin]

So I came off my bike yesterday. I was mounting the bike lane from the road and missed judged the kerb, the front wheel go stuck on the road side as the kerb began to rise and the rest of my kept going towards the bike lane - so I fell onto my left hand side.

The bike is ok - just need to clean it and re-align the seat. I am ok - few bruise on knee, hip, ribs and shoulder - I will get over them. It is just my confidence as someone said to me when I told them that 'your always on big fall away from you last ride...'.

Has anyone got any advice - it is really my confidence that has been knocked.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

You just need to get back on the bike and ride it, the sooner you do the sooner the confidence will come back.

 

[steve50]

Get back on your bike and go for a good long ride, ignore what other people are saying as all they are doing is knocking your confidence.

 

[jefmcg]

It is just my confidence as someone said to me when I told them that 'your always on big fall away from you last ride..

First, get new friends

 

[rugby bloke]

Get back on as soon as possible. Find somewhere easy to ride, take it steady and build up your confidence ... and don't listen to that sort of b*llocks !

 

[MiK1138]

First, get new friends

+1 for this, as others have said just get back out there, had an off 4 weeks ago and was off the bike for 3 weeks. 1st time out i felt a bit of trepidation when i passed the spot i came off but it soon passed.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

In the immortal words of the late Mr Frederick Mercury when addressing a group of pear shaped ladies "Get on your bikes and ride!"

Falling off is an integral part of riding a bike. The laws of physics are merciless and gravity is the harshest of harsh mistresses. So, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.

 

[Brightski]

Just ride your bike, first few minutes you'll feel nervous but this time next week it'll be a memory

 

[si_c]

Look at it this way, yes you fell off, but you won't do it again, you'll judge it better next time and the only way to recover your confidence is to get back on the bike, sooner rather than later to be honest.

As to the accident comment, if someone said to you, you're just one car crash away from your last drive, you'd rightly look at them as if they were crazy, it is of course a possibility, just a very unlikely one, same as with cycling.

 

[fossyant]

Don't tell your 'other half' you fell off !!

 

[rideswithmoobs]

So I came off my bike yesterday. I was mounting the bike lane from the road and missed judged the kerb, the front wheel go stuck on the road side as the kerb began to rise and the rest of my kept going towards the bike lane - so I fell onto my left hand side.

The bike is ok - just need to clean it and re-align the seat. I am ok - few bruise on knee, hip, ribs and shoulder - I will get over them. It is just my confidence as someone said to me when I told them that 'your always on big fall away from you last ride...'.

Has anyone got any advice - it is really my confidence that has been knocked.

Who told you that bull***t ? Best not let my little lad out on his bike if that's true.... I ride motorbikes and have heard all the crap like that for years. I'm 41 today, fit, healthy and still alive. Been riding motorbikes since I was 16 and push irons from been a kid.
Forget about it, it was a misjudged kerb mount. Who hasn't done that ?
You will be reet after a long ride

 

[I like Skol]

I think the most important lesson to be learned from all this is..........





















Don't use cycle lanes!

 

[derrick]

Rule 5

 

[Julia9054]

Have a word with yourself and get back on the bike! Falling off occasionally is part of life.
I had a bit of a riding in traffic loss of confidence earlier this year after someone drove into the back of me in a traffic queue when I was in my car (very slow speed, slightly dented bumper) Somehow this made me keep thinking "what if I'd been on my bike?". Gave myself a talking to and back to normal now.

 

[Globalti]

Coming from a mountain biking background into road cycling I don't fear falling off, at least not at slow speed. On the two occasions when I fell off my road bike, within the space of 2 minutes each side of the A6 on black ice, it was the hardness of the road that shook me up but I got straight back on both times and carried on. I was more upset to have scratched my brake hoods on each side!

However in seven years of road cycling I have yet to suffer a serious accident or a slide on tarmac, which I dread.