2011-09-12 14:21:30 +0000 #1
Interesting thing happened on ride today. Unsure how this happened, but I fell over - it is the position I landed in that was the surprise. My bike was kind of diagonal with one BMX pedal pressing into my left kneecap while my right foot was kind of over the edge of the trail on the downside of a gentle embankment. My legs were stretched and I couldn't move because of the pedal digging into my knee and bike was between my legs.
Frankly, I am unsure how I actually got out of that position. I think I just kept inching my right foot back praying that it wouldn't slip back until I could free myself from my bike.
Overall it was a great ride, and it was on a new trail for me
still beginner - but much longer and there is a rocky section that I just walked both ways. I decided at the start that there is no shame in walking so simply walked the parts that scared me and had fun on the rest
I need to work out shifting on the trail, having problems climbing that I think is due in part to relearning that on the trail. I keep it in an easy gear, but of course too easy a gear when starting causes problems just like too hard a gear.
Having fun and one more day of riding to go
Frankly, I am unsure how I actually got out of that position. I think I just kept inching my right foot back praying that it wouldn't slip back until I could free myself from my bike.
Overall it was a great ride, and it was on a new trail for me
still beginner - but much longer and there is a rocky section that I just walked both ways. I decided at the start that there is no shame in walking so simply walked the parts that scared me and had fun on the rest
I need to work out shifting on the trail, having problems climbing that I think is due in part to relearning that on the trail. I keep it in an easy gear, but of course too easy a gear when starting causes problems just like too hard a gear.
Having fun and one more day of riding to go