My first bike crash...

I fall into the third category!  I had a clipless incident about three weeks ago waiting to cross the street on the hike/bike trail.  Fell hard to the left, road rash, and a broken or deeply bruised hand.  Then Saturday, trying to decide to jump on the trail in front of another rider and runners or wait, I clipped out left, but hesitated and went down on the right before I could get unclipped.  Road rash, knee and upper calf, big bruises on my right butt check and lower quad.  No hand damage, I landed half on the pavement, half in the grass.  Embarassing for sure, just glad I didn't hurt anything too bad. 

Both incidents were due to lack of concentration or distraction.  Must stay focused!!

I tend to fall once per season at a light when I forget to unclip, but I had my first real crash last weekend.

I was riding down in Jersey while we were visiting my dad, and I went to move from the shoulder to the travel lane to avoid a parked car (like I'd done a million times already that day).   The travel lane there (Rt 35 in Bay Head) is concrete, and the shoulder is asphalt, and I caught my front tire on the lip.  I skidded all over the place and almost saved it, but I ended up sliding down the center line, luckily during a break in traffic.

Road rash on my knees and my right elbow, a little bruise on my head where my helmet plonked off the concrete (wear your helmet, people!), and some sore ribs and shoulder that will probably keep me from swimming for a couple of weeks.

Luckily the race we'd gone down there for was inside the "not too sore yet" window, so I got it done...  then later Sunday the major soreness set in.

Just to add to the bike crash frenzy - I went down for the first time on Tuesday night.  I caught a dip in the pavement that ejected me over the handlebars at about 19-20 mph.  Road rash on my left side, arm, shoulder, hip and bruised forehead.  My helmet cracked in 2 spots and saved me arse!  My bike was fine amazingly and I was able to ride the long 25 minutes back home.  ER fixed me up good and cleaned my wounds.  I am not going to swim for a week probably but plan on getting back in the saddle Sunday at the earliest and running tomorrow.

I knew that fall was coming it was just a matter of when...Now that I have that out of the way...never again please.