I forgot to yell timber!!

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Yeah, when first got my bike I did the 'oops I forgot to clip out; I think I'll just fall over now'.  But a near fall that felt even sillier to me happened while I was already stopped.  I lost a water bottle, turned around, clipped one foot out to stop, and when I came to a stop, the bike was leaning slightly the wrong way. I began slowly to fall over towards the clipped foot.  It all happened in slow motion.  Only at the last second was I able to yank the bike up and swing it the other way to avoid falling.  I thought: "Wow, I'm capable of falling over with one foot already on the ground."

Well done sir.  This is indeed the correct thing to do.

Your other option, if you manage to get the other foot unclipped quickly enough, is to smoothly transition to doing pushups, as part of your cross-training workout (that you planned right from the start of course).

Haha!!  Welcome to the club!

I was adjusting my pedal tension at the end of my driveway before I went on a ride.  I clipped one foot in, and shifted my weight too much when I turned to look behind me.  I went down on my clipped side, even though I was completely stopped!!

I'm glad to read I'm not the only one. Thanks for the posts.

Edited by craig0812 2009-08-06 2:20 PM

No pushups?!

Was riding on a very very hot day with some friends.  They wanted to do another lap around the park.  I passed because I was so hot I wasn't feeling well.  I split off from them.  Came up the last hill out of the park.  Really was feeling kind of dizzy and was worried seriously that I was going to pass out, and crash. I thought I would just stop at the little gas station across the street grab a gatorade and rest for a few before heading the rest of the way back to the house.  Got so focused on not passing out that when I got to the stop light at  the intersection, I forgot to unclip, and in front of a very long line of traffic at the stop light, I tipped over....and had trouble getting out of clips.  Forgot all about being hot after that :-)

Edited by M-shell 2009-08-06 3:34 PM

I somehow managed to do it two days in a row.  The first day I was doing a hill workout riding up a canyon that dead ends at a little bed and breakfast.  At the top there is a nice little roundabout that I usually use to make an easy turn around, but for some stupid macho reason I decided to try to go up the extra 15' to the absolute end of the road where a single lane ends at a steel gate.  I realized far too late that I didn't have enough room to turn around and ended up laying on the ground with both feet still clipped in.  I made a quick scan around to make sure none of the bed and breakfast guests saw me fall over and took off as quickly as I could verify my bike was still in one piece.

The next day I was leaving my neighborhood waiting in traffic about 3rd in line to make a left turn.  I left from a stop when the first car went and clipped in not expecting the second car to stop due to more cross traffic.  I briefly panicked trying in futility to unclip first my left pedal, then the right one, and again on the left finally succeeding in freeing my left foot in just enough time to stick my left foot straight up in the air as I fell to the right.

Edited by JZig 2009-08-06 11:36 PM

But of course, your cheeks were bright red from the HEAT, right?


Bwaahhahahahaha!!!

Oh, um, I mean, wow, that stinks.

Rode up to some friends and onto the sidewalk and unclipped before I stopped.  Put out my right unclipped foot only to realize that I was on the edge of the curb and it was about 8 more inches to the ground.  Down I went laughing  and still clipped in to the left side with my bike on top of me.

Regards,
TheDave

How long is the new clipless pedals fall stage?  I am so far one of the few lucky ones that hasn't fallen thanks to clipless pedals yet.

Does it still seem to happen to those of you with years of riding experience or do you usually learn the hard way very quickly?

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