Yeah, me too.
For Mother's Day, I got my bike shoes and clips that allow me to fasten my feet right on to the pedals. I click them into place and it gives me a more powerful and efficient push/pull action. It makes for a fabulous ride. However, if I don't get them clicked out of the pedals before I come to a stop...I will fall. Hard.
It hurts.
On the bright side, I imagine that it looks hilarious.
It also got me tons of sympathy from the little kids I read with at the school. They felt so bad for me and in a show of empathy, pushed up their pant legs and sleeves to reveal their own scabby scrapes. They wondered why an adult would fall off her bike.
I tried to explain about the shoes and the clips and how I was stuck to my bike and couldn't put my feet down (!), but they didn't get it. They just think I'm a klutz.
I'm trying not to pick at it.
Good grief...this happened clear last week. I'm much better at unclicking my feet now. I even went on a big ol' 36 mile bike ride last weekend! More on that (and with pictures!) later.
2 comments:
ouch. I have this innane fear of those clip-in bike pedals. they make me feel claustrophobic just thinking about them...(shudder). plus, how do they expect a serverly uncoordinated person to utilize inventions such as these? harassment I say, harassment! :-)
It was very scary - and most of my family and friends think I'm insane, LOL.
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