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Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn.
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 2008-10-01 6:33 PM |
Expert  966    Decatur |  Subject: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn.I just crashed on the BIKE TRAINER. How the HELL_ do you do that!?!? Thank god my "coffee table" is one of those cushy types otherwise it would have been UGLY. oh oh oh. And I fell TWICE. I called it quits after 35 min. uh. after the last fall. clearly I need to make sure that my bike is hooked into the trainer SECURELY. |
| 2008-10-01 6:36 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. I'm so glad that this thread is about falling off the trainer. As soon as I saw it I was thinking this better be someone falling off the trainer. you just made my day  |
| 2008-10-01 7:16 PM in reply to: #1710194 |
Expert 966 Decatur | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. LOL. glad I could help  |
| 2008-10-01 7:19 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. I admit I've done that but only once. I worked hard and it had become loose. I'm afraid I'd hit my head on the fireplace bricks. We all learn from the silly things we do. |
| 2008-10-01 7:43 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Master 1572 PA | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. Thanks for the laughs. That is absolutely something that would happen to me. So, as a trainer virgin, what exactly does one need to do to make sure she doesn't fall off....twice? Or maybe you're not the person to ask. |
| 2008-10-01 7:51 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Regular 102 Auckland, New Zealand | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. I just can't see how you could fall off a trainer. Maybe gravity is different in your part of the world. |
| 2008-10-01 10:33 PM in reply to: #1710351 |
Champion 4835 Eat Cheese or Die | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. bigfella3 - 2008-10-01 7:51 PM I just can't see how you could fall off a trainer. Maybe gravity is different in your part of the world. my head is a magnet for the ground. It's not always activated though. Sort of like an electromagnet. Whenever I start thinking hard, my head always ends up hitting the ground. I try not to thing very hard. That being said, I've never fallen off my trainer. Almost, but not all the way. |
| 2008-10-01 10:52 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Master 1320 Chilliwack, BC | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. Fallen off my rollers...never the trainer! |
| 2008-10-01 11:06 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Queen BTich 12411 , | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. I fell off my trainer twice as well, different days, several years ago. I didn't like the way the bike was secured (lackthereof) so I sold it and got a different, better one. No problems since! Mine was hardwood floors. Ouchie. |
| 2008-10-01 11:16 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Veteran 203 , Washington | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. Your story needs to change if you want to gain cred with the road race guys...you fell off your rollers, not your trainer edit: Looks like crazy beat me to it... Edited by deskjockeyjim 2008-10-01 11:17 PM |
Rollers is easy as..well...falling off a bike (sorry, couldn't help it) if you zone out...| 2008-10-02 1:16 AM in reply to: #1710187 |
| Littleton, CO | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. Luckily you had on your high-visibility jacket so the lounge-chair didn't run you over! |
| 2008-10-02 2:24 AM in reply to: #1710187 |
Pro 6838 Tejas | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. Glad you are OK. You might consider taking your bike and trainer to your LBS and ask them to show you the best way to set it up. |
| 2008-10-02 8:25 AM in reply to: #1710187 |
Regular 77 | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. This is just me but I thought you were going to tell us you got rug burn from some other form of exercise Thanks for the warning on the trainers. Mine's being delivered today, I'll probably be in the same boat because I'm really clumsy. Andy, |
| 2008-10-02 8:29 AM in reply to: #1710187 |
Expert 1049 Burnaby, BC | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. I did that in the spring when I first got my bike and trainer. Did anyone see your accidents? |
| 2008-10-02 8:37 AM in reply to: #1710187 |
| Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. C'mon, tell the truth. Were you wearing your helmet? |
| 2008-10-02 9:05 AM in reply to: #1711130 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. DanielG - 2008-10-02 9:37 AM C'mon, tell the truth. Were you wearing your helmet? You only do that when you worry about damage from the headboard. Oh sorry, it wasn't THAT kind of carpet burn.
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| 2008-10-02 9:44 AM in reply to: #1711130 |
Expert 966 Decatur | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. DanielG - 2008-10-02 9:37 AM C'mon, tell the truth. Were you wearing your helmet?
I WAS wearing my helmet. and thankfully NO ONE was home. ^totally kidding. seriously. Clearly, I need to go get my new contacts and glasses from the eye doc. that's what I'm blaming it on currently. although i am clumsy. naturally. *sigh* |
| 2008-10-02 12:55 PM in reply to: #1711091 |
Master 1572 PA | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. kudude - 2008-10-02 9:25 AM I thought you were going to tell us you got rug burn from some other form of exercise That was my first thought too....just didn't admit it. |
| 2008-10-02 1:18 PM in reply to: #1712231 |
Sneaky Slow 8694 Herndon, VA, | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. gopennstate - 2008-10-02 1:55 PM That was my first thought too....just didn't admit it. never mind. Edited by newleaf 2008-10-02 1:18 PM |
| 2008-10-02 1:53 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. latrina- you have the KK road machine, right? Make sure you place the wheel hub thingy into the slot on the left hand side so it sits all the way in. There is only one way it goes in all the way. AND the lever in the locked position on the right hand side before you turn the knobs to tighten everything. Pm me if you have any questions. Oh, and right now carpet burn sounds alot better than my road rash! |
| 2008-10-02 2:36 PM in reply to: #1711231 |
Master 1748 Port Moody, BC | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. max - 2008-10-02 7:05 AM DanielG - 2008-10-02 9:37 AM C'mon, tell the truth. Were you wearing your helmet? You only do that when you worry about damage from the headboard. Oh sorry, it wasn't THAT kind of carpet burn. I would almost like to know how you are getting rug burn AND bouncing the noggin off the headboard. I think you may be doing something wrong! |
| 2008-10-02 2:49 PM in reply to: #1710187 |
Expert 938 | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. Definitely something I have worried about, as my bike goes in and out of the trainer a lot this time of year. Making a mistake locking it would not be fun. Mine is set up with an unobstructed line to the "man cave's" projection screen TV. If the bike gets unlocked, I'm going to be eating a Toshiba in very short order, and my wife has already proclaimed no replacement for the big TV is allowed. Glad you are mostly ok, other than carpet burn and bruised ego.
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| 2008-10-02 5:09 PM in reply to: #1710733 |
Expert 1394 Wilmington, NC | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. yep it is easy to fall off the rollers. I rode my rollers for the 2nd time the other day and thought I would try to watch tv while doing it. Don't watch tv while trying to ride rollers for only your 2nd time. It was quite embarrasing telling my girlfriend that she might be right about me wearing my helmet indoors. |
| 2008-10-02 5:59 PM in reply to: #1712231 |
Master 2033 | Subject: RE: Forget Road Rash. Try Carpet Burn. gopennstate - 2008-10-02 9:55 AM kudude - 2008-10-02 9:25 AM I thought you were going to tell us you got rug burn from some other form of exercise That was my first thought too....just didn't admit it. X2 LOL! I had no idea trainers were so dangerous! I have never fallen off mine. Maybe I'm not getting into my workouts! |
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