I fell off my bike, when did you fall last ?

Cycling to work now for 3 months. Discovered a few weeks ago that cycling in ice is a bad idea.

I fell a few weeks ago but thankfully have nothing to show for it bar a slightly bent mud guard

Last day I was out mountain biking the trails had a lot of ice, mixed by some trails that were clear and some trails that gave you a nice sense of confidence only to dump you into a really icey section going really quickly.

So it was fun really great training for bike control, about 2 k out from the trail head though I took the inevitable hopper, tried to make a sharp turn at the last second to avoid a tree stump and the bike just went straight out from underneath me, not too bad though, small cut on my elbow and bruised all down my right side. Although I had a fall the weekend before Christmas that ended up with 4 stitches in the same elbow...have bought some elbow pads in the mean time, definitely a sign.

Raced A4 last year, enough said:P

December 6th, ended up with a broken wrist. Back wheel slid out going round a corner and fell over nice and slowly. Nearly a year to the day since the last crash before that. That's also the last date I've been on the road on my bike, 3 turbo sessions a week since then.

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I was about 20, so almost 20 years ago. But I was doing something stupid at the time (well at the time I thought I was being cool), nearly lost a finger. Mad skillz I have.

My stupidest one was when I was 15. Cycling home from school, I stopped at the shop on the way. I then headed for home, cycling on the path with no hands eating a bag of meanies. My front wheel whipped to the right and I went flying out in the middle of the road, thankfully no traffic around.

Made an absolute tit of myself and tore my school trousers.

Slow motion crash on a commute just before Christmas... an old lady suddenly cut me off outside the hospice on the Harolds cross road, was enough to floor me onto the wet road, I threw my helmet so hard at the rear of the car in anger it broke in two, and took a nice chunk out of her car door with my brake as I went down. No damage done to me or the bike, helmet was an old spare thankfully, did keep me off the bike till 2015 tho, 2014 was just unbelievably unlucky for me.

Last summer, bounced off a kerb and flipped over the handkebars and stayed connected to the pedals/bike so landed on the flat of my back still holding the bike above me. Suffered cut knee and broke the tabs on the rear of my Bryton computer but other than that no real injuries or damage, thankfully.

January 2014, entirely my own fault. Was cycling on the road beside an off road cycle lane, went to go up on to the cycle lane and my rear wheel caught on the lip & skidded out. Ended up with a buckled wheel.

I fell in December 2013 as well, I was cruising round the bend from Leeson street on to Sussex road in Donnybrook & failed to spot the wet grate in my path, the front wheel went flying out. No damage to the bike, just a few scrapes & bruises to myself.

I was nearly taken out on Sunday by a pedestrian crossing the road in Donnybrook, an older gentleman looked right at me then started stuttering out in to my path to cross the road, he must have looked right though me. I slammed on the brakes & could feel the wheels lock up but thankfully I stayed up. Let the fella know my opinion of him as I recovered.

Hit a tree out mountain biking at the end of the summer, chipped a bone in my hand, gave myself a concussion - broke the helmet in three places, destroyed my legs - still rode back to cars after it, wasn't the best from it for a long time.

Just over a month ago,I was getting the MTB out for the first time since Christmas,Had just got the tyre pressures right,and was checking the gears were still indexed properly,went for a blast up the road for about 500m and back going through all the gears. There is a little speed bump type structure left at the top of my driveway by the council last time they resurfaced the road,I usually get a nice big jump going over it and land on the downhill part of the driveway,which leads to where the cars are parked,though mine wasn't parked in the usual place because I was putting the cycle rack on it. Heard a clunk when I landed,so looked behind me,Next thing I know i was laying on the ground having nailed the front bumper of my car. The clunk was my bottle settling into the holder properly.

Worst thing about that is now my car looks like i've hit a cyclist,a scuff from the turning tyre on the rub strip of the bumper,and there was a rubber mark on the painted bit that i rubbed off.

Over cooking wheelies when clipped in isn't a great idea either,you end up in a tangled mess on your back with the bike riding you,and Murphys law dictates that it will happen with an audience

Falling off yer bikes and hurting yourselves, Hah!
Last time I hit the deck the road picked itself up and limped home!;)

+1 on the Cruagh descent, very greasy - suffered a few scary moments last Sunday. The off camber bends do not help, I think I preferred that road before they resurfaced it.

December last, front wheel slid. Before that was about 30 years ago. Cycling to mass to perform my duties as an alterboy. Holding my alterboy garb in a plastic bag on the handlebars. It want into the front wheel & I shot over the handlebars. The rest of the bike followed. Crossbar split the back of my head & I woke up a couple of minutes later. Needless to say the mass was not the same that morning without my alterboying talents!

Oh ya, did the fall of shame with the clipless pedals too :eek:

Last week mountain biking, coming down a very steep incline, clipped a rock and tumbled down a drop of about 8 feet, landed on nice soft grass between two rocks. Also fell the week before that (bruised kneecap) and the week before that, come to think of it, I probably fall at least once a week, otherwise I'm not pushing myself!
Never fallen off the road bike though, but have experienced pretty bad road rash racing down a mountain road back when I was 16.

The worst would have been last March, when I came over the handlebars and damaged my right hand pretty badly, swelled up so much I couldn't see my knuckles, had to sit out a football match because of it, luckily my office job allows me to batter myself to a pulp and still manage to get in to work to get paid, as long as I can operate a keyboard I'm good to go!