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  • April 10, 2017 at 11:23 am #26992
    MonkeyPuzzle

    My fifth ride clipless on Saturday and as I breezed into Warmley Junction on the Bristol-Bath Railway Path I unclipped right, unclipped left, slowed to a near stop at the wall gap, accidentally clipped back in left and went down like a sack of sh!t. Legs and bike in the air. Textbook. As it was a lovely sunny day there could only have been about forty to fifty people there, many of whom quite rightly burst out laughing. A slightly sore wrist and a bruised ego to show for it. Really, I’m glad it wasn’t on a busy road at a junction or anything. Does someone send me a memmership card now?

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  • April 10, 2017 at 9:15 pm #890935
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    MonkeyPuzzle

    I’d convinced myself it just

    I’d convinced myself it just wasn’t going to happen to me and I’ve been religiously saying in my head “Unclip right. Unclip left.” whenever I was coming up to a stop. I absolutely hadn’t accounted for accidentally clipping in with a smoothness totally absent when trying to do it on purpose. It’s been a while since I’ve hit the deck (sober, anyway) and I was pleasantly surprised that I rolled as well as I did.

    April 10, 2017 at 9:01 pm #890933
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    Argos74

    In primary on the RH lane at

    In primary on the RH lane at the entrance to a very big and quick roundabout. Came to a slow and increasingly panicked stop, finishing with a undiginified side plank on my left hand, still fully clipped in. Voice from concerned and amused driver behind me:

    “You allright?”

    “Yeah, I’m good”

    April 10, 2017 at 8:51 pm #890931
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    CygnusX1

    My one and only clipped in
    My one and only clipped in topple was in traffic queue at some red lights. Fortunately my upper (right) leg was unclipped so I was able to lift it up enough to then twist the bike to release my other foot. Still waiting for my membership card.

    April 10, 2017 at 6:06 pm #890929
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    Kapelmuur

    Fifth ride? I fell off on my

    Fifth ride? I fell off on my first, with both feet attached to the bike.   I’d got the tension on the pedals wrong and couldn’t unclip.   I rode into a pub car park and leaned against a wall to try to unlace a shoe but toppled over and was as helpless as an overturned turtle until a kind (and very pretty) young lady emerged from the pub to help.

    Shortly after that I was on holiday in France and fell off while clipped in.   This was in front of a bar full of French patrons, most of whom were sitting at pavement tables outside.   To make the spectacle even more enjoyable for them I was wearing a Union Flag jersey.

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