F'loff

[Colin Blackburn]

Well, after saying I have been cycling for a couple of years with spds
without falling off I finally maaged it today. My excuse is new pedals,
old cleats and a slightly tight setting combined with an uneven road
surface. I was on an off road cycle path approaching Durham at a point
where the path goes through a farm. I slowed to stop before a gate and
unclipped my left foot to put it down. Just as I did that the bike hit an
uneven bit of tarmac and decided it wanted to lean to the right rather
than the left. I ended up with a grazed knee and a bruised ego. I could
have avoided the damage to my knee if I had resigned myself to falling
rather than trying to unclip. If I had managed to unclip at that late
stage I'd have probably done even more damage to myself. Next time I'll
resign myself to the topple, though next time I won't be on that bit of
route 14 as it is a diabolical mix of broken tarmac and loose gravel.

Colin

 

[Vincent Wilcox]

Colin Blackburn wrote:
> If I had managed to unclip at
> that late stage I'd have probably done even more damage to myself. Next
> time I'll resign myself to the topple, though next time I won't be on
> that bit of route 14 as it is a diabolical mix of broken tarmac and
> loose gravel.
>
> Colin

Good idea. I ended up with a spiral fracture of the tibia when I
unclipped whilst falling at a very slow speed, patch of ice on a
sleeping policeman. I felt like a complete **** considering some of the
extreme stunt falls ive had in the past with no more than cuts and
bruises. I new it was bad when I heard the loud wood like snapping noise
and couldnt feel anything, until I moved.