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

rizzodun · 10-02-2015 9:08pm

OldBean wrote: »

This thread reminds me of how much I don't want to go mountain biking.

Ah it's not that bad, more that I'm really sh1te at it than it being bad for my health. There's loads of fun you can have without getting into a situation where you'll hurt yourself, just avoid steep drops, rocks, and aim for the ditches when your luck runs out!

The most fun you can have falling down.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 10-02-2015 9:15pm

OldBean wrote: »

This thread reminds me of how much I don't want to go mountain biking.

Don't try my other sport so ~ Judo, its all about falling

The tax man · 11-02-2015 1:13am

Came off,sorry taken out, on the Junior Tour sportive the week before last. Had a fall in a CX race in January but they don't count.:D

hardCopy · 11-02-2015 8:33am

Jawgap wrote: »

My only fall of shame was in the Phoenix Park in full view of a line of stopped traffic!

I did it outside the papal cross car park. I managed to grab a bollard and did a really slow fireman-pole slide down the bollard in front of a group of work mates I was meeting for a spin.

Ranjo · 11-02-2015 8:42am

Two weeks ago. Been cycling to work a few years and this was my first spill since I was a kid.

Dark road narrowed so I was popping up on the footpath. Didn't lift front wheel enough and it came out from under me.

Slow motion fall landed on my side on a wet pavement and was well rugged up. A bit of skin off the knee and a jolt to the arm.

Bike 100% fine. Knee repairing. Pride dented.

Red Belly · 11-02-2015 9:18am

Last November on the way up to the mast on Mt. Leinster stopped to catch me breath and when I tried to restart I didn't fully appreciate just how steep the section I was on was and fell on me arse to the side I'd clipped in on. Very sore but bike was ok, and no-one saw, so all good!

Rb

traprunner · 11-02-2015 9:23am

8th Jan front wheel slipped out from under me on a manhole and my chin hit the ground first. Happened so fast and I think I lost consciousness and partially lost my hearing in one ear for about 24 hours. Ended up in the emergency department with a cut and black and blue face. Thankfully no bones broken in my face but I have one in my wrist and the only damage to the bike was a broken front light fitting, couple of minor scrapes and a bent pedal. Had concussion for two weeks.

Weepsie · 11-02-2015 9:44am

Last may, right into the Royal Canal. Didn't fancy the speed bump up ahead so opted to go around the small often dry track around it. Not dry, wheel just went and I went in, the bike didn't. Got myself out asap. Noone around to see it on the one hand I'm thankful for as it may have looked hilarious, but on the other hand I can't swim.

Beasty · 11-02-2015 9:57am

02/03/14

Danjamin1 · 11-02-2015 10:53am

Beasty wrote: »

02/03/14

How long did it take to fully recover, it was a really bad injury during a race if I recall?

clawback07 · 11-02-2015 12:40pm

Hi , I'm thinking of Richard Hammond on Top gear a couple of weeks ago falling off the £9000.00 carbon bike and making poo of the derailleur after getting caught in tram tracks in Russia and carrying on regardless , and there's me on my 180 euro hybrid puking if I drop it ,hoping nobody sees me doing it usually on a main street somewhere and there's never a counsellor around to deal with the injured pride - just when you need one !!

ThisRegard · 11-02-2015 1:09pm

Danjamin1 wrote: »

How long did it take to fully recover, it was a really bad injury during a race if I recall?

Really ? He never mentioned that.

Danjamin1 · 11-02-2015 1:10pm

ThisRegard wrote: »

Really ? He never mentioned that.

I could be totally wrong, but I think there was a get well soon Beasty thread a while ago!

RonanP77 · 11-02-2015 1:32pm

Around 1994, I landed on my head, blacked out, couldn't see for a few minutes when I came to and ended up with epilepsy from it.

I started cycling again 12 months ago after about 14 years away from it, haven't fallen yet.

MacAttackJ · 11-02-2015 2:30pm

I was perusing this thread yesterday, thinking I had not come off the rothar in a few years. Cue this morning. Wheels went from under me taking a steep left turn downhill in Rathfarnham.
Have a very sore wrist, just a sprain methinks, and various scrapes. Two cyclists behind me were a big help peeling me off the road as I was splat in the middle of a busy junction.
Roads really are very slippy ay the moment. Was on my new road bike too. Had been cycling my missus’s Mary Poppins style bike for the last while whilst waiting for the new bike to arrive and I guess I’d forgotten the extra care one should take when on the skinny tyres. Actually really enjoyed the slow bike. Felt like I was in Amsterdam with my bell, basket, upright sitting position, etc.
More what urban cycling should really be about perhaps. And the funny thing is, given the traffic on my commute, there is actually very little difference between the time it takes me to get in on both bikes, although there would be a difference in effort, granted.

Bloggsie · 11-02-2015 2:31pm

gadetra wrote: »

Last august warming up at the national track championships. Coming down off the banking on an effort on wet track and front wheel went from under me on a line of paint that holds the water. Broken collarbone (4 places), broken left elbow, dislocated left shoulder, right shoulder still unstable. All reinforced bionically, fine now just doing physio still

Ow, ow and ow. that must have hurt!

Bloggsie · 11-02-2015 2:33pm

I havent had an issue with tarmac(touch wood) since failing outside the church in Kilcock as a funeral was departing on the june bank holiday 2 summers ago.
I hope I havent jinxed meself!

ShowMeTheCash · 11-02-2015 2:36pm

June 2012.

Underground car park has that fine concrete dust that can stick to the tyres.
Came zipping out of the carpark onto the road, tried to take the bend at speed wheels just slipped from under me. Luckly the car behind me avoided running me over.... Just!

Bloggsie · 11-02-2015 2:37pm

btw I did see a lady take a tumble on her evening commute as she crossed the Luas tracks on O'Connell street on Thursday last, having to slam on as a mother & her 2 kids just kept on walking despite the cyclist having the green light to cross the junction. it was one of those I knew it was going to happen but could do nothing about it moments.

She wasnt hurt thankfully, but the pedestrian was a bit suprised when the cyclist gave her a piece of her mind as well as a passsing Guard.

evancunny95 · 11-02-2015 3:03pm

Junior Tour 2013. Stage 2. 30km in. Dutch guy tries to avoid pothole and hits right into me . I go down. Broken wrist and my dreams crushed

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Beasty · 11-02-2015 3:38pm

Danjamin1 wrote: »

How long did it take to fully recover, it was a really bad injury during a race if I recall?

Another couple of years or so and I will probably be as right as I'll ever be, but the incessant progression towards senility may start to blur the boundaries between recovery and ageing......

Rew · 11-02-2015 3:49pm

Last crash was in late August. Had the bike serviced and first ride after I had just left the house and was going up the road. Looking at the front wheel Iw as thinking it didn't look square to the handle bars at was at this point I realised it wasn't and I hadn't being paying proper attention... I clipped the curb came off the bike bounced my head (helmet) off the curb, grindded the curb like a skateboarder using my phone which was in me left pocket and took a chunk of the impact on my hands. When the dust settled I had rectangular bruise on my leg in the shape of my phone, my phone was bent with a line ground into the glass from the curb edge, my shoulder was road rashed, chin grazed and both palms cut. Right palm needed 10 stitches, the doc stitching it gave me a tour of my nerves and tendons as a freebie. Left hand was sore for about 6 or 7 weeks but finally healed, x-rays said no break but they said could be a crack int here somewhere.

I always remember my gloves now and not to be so distracted as to cycle into the curb...

Koobcam · 11-02-2015 3:57pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Last may, right into the Royal Canal. Didn't fancy the speed bump up ahead so opted to go around the small often dry track around it. Not dry, wheel just went and I went in, the bike didn't. Got myself out asap. Noone around to see it on the one hand I'm thankful for as it may have looked hilarious, but on the other hand I can't swim.

I've done the grand canal a fair few times, often in very cold and wet weather, and wondered what it would be like if I fell into the water. Glad to see someone has tried this and lived to tell the tale. I'd say it would have been tricky fishing the bike out if that had gone in as well.

neris · 11-02-2015 4:00pm

5 years ago going up to sally gap. Not a big fall n thankfully no one around to laugh at me. Trying to clip back in from a start going up a hill doesnt work.

Tar.Aldarion · 11-02-2015 4:01pm

I've only ever fallen going down the ramp to work to the underground parking lot, the floor is so smooth down there that if you turn and there is any moisture you just do a really cool stunt slide slideways, it's movie worthy. When somebody asked was I ok, I was like...that was awesome.

Jakey Rolling · 11-02-2015 5:14pm

A couple of minor spills on my first group outing at the weekend, both due to my lack of experience with the SPD-SL clip in pedals ( I use SPDs on my MTB and OK with them, but the group dynamic seemed to complicate my decision making). Going to practice stops and slow riding around home before I head out again!

Before that a couple of weeks ago - head first over the handlebars when my front wheel was swallowed by a boghole disguised as a puddle. Nice soft landing on the heather anyhow.

Biggest wipeout was on my paper-round 30 odd years ago. Front fork snapped on the way down a steep hill, the wheel folded and I headed over the handlebars. Landed on my outstretched forearms and then slapped the road with my face. No mobile phones in those days to call my folks, had to finish my last few deliveries on foot dragging the bike behind me!

check_six · 11-02-2015 5:27pm

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

June 2012.

Underground car park has that fine concrete dust that can stick to the tyres.
Came zipping out of the carpark onto the road, tried to take the bend at speed wheels just slipped from under me. Luckly the car behind me avoided running me over.... Just!

Had a similar problem after a brief rain shower after a sunny week. Tried to do a gradual lane change at speed going around St Stephen's Green. The front wheel just went on the greasy surface. Managed to slide an action movie stunt level impressive distance down the road with the bike following close behind. I remember having the time to glance around as I was sliding and was starting to calculate of the car behind me would be able to stop in time to avoid running over my bike. Luckily it was. My hands and wrists were banged up, but not a trace of road rash.

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I've only ever fallen going down the ramp to work to the underground parking lot, the floor is so smooth down there that if you turn and there is any moisture you just do a really cool stunt slide slideways, it's movie worthy. When somebody asked was I ok, I was like...that was awesome.

I had a collision with a car once that involved the car nudging into me and me doing some kind of bumslide down the bonnet and then landing the bike and keeping upright as the car jammed on its brakes. The wing mirror snapped off and put a dent in my leg, but the incident must have looked pretty good from a spectators point of view.

To balance out the cooler falls I did have the classic mortifying clipless pedal collapse. These are all from years back, and I can't actually remember my last spill, so it must have been something daft like the tripping over the bike in the garden or the like.

Hana98 · 11-02-2015 5:35pm

Last week. A pedestrian walks onto road without looking. I cycle straight into him and fall onto road. Usually it's a busy road. Thankfully that day there was no cars. I was too shocked to be embarrassed. Onlookers did help me up. He was genuinely sorry. No damage to the bike. My ankle and elbow were hurt but it was only minor. It could've been a whole worse.

Ranjo · 11-02-2015 8:10pm

Adding to my earlier post.

Fell not more than 15 mins ago. Doing about 45kph down a road about 500 metres from my previous crash.

Slowed down for the bend but obviously not enough. Front wheel totally slipped out from under me.

Thankfully it was a reasonable landing. Scrapes on the knee and upper thigh. Front grip and brake lever damage. Pedal taken a beating.

I'll be back on the bike tomorrow morning. Will definitely slow down as the nerves will be on high alert now.

Civilian_Target · 11-02-2015 9:28pm

In September

Hit in the back of the head by the wing mirror of a truck. I managed to hit the curb instead of going under the wheels.

He didn't stop, I didn't get the plates, all I know was that his truck had 'The Pie Guy' written on the back. I made a police report, they thought it was hilarious

sullzz · 11-02-2015 9:43pm

Last time I fell was Christmas day 2013 , went for a spin , went backroads from Leixlip out towards kilcock , as I came towards the junction at moyglare the bike went from under me on black ice , it knocked the wind out of me , it felt like I punctured a lung , I couldn't catch my breath and couldn't move on the road , if a car came around the corner I was dead , when I could move I had to take my bike out of the ditch which was a struggle in itself .
I knew heading out that morning that it was silly but was given a free couple of hours so jumped at it . Since then I don't take any chances when there are possibilities of ice .

Unknown Soldier · 11-02-2015 9:58pm

Falling versus collisions..

When I started cycling in the summer of 2013 I ventured to Marley Park and then took a left at the Lidl, towards the Nutgrove shopping centre.

At the bottom of the hill I swung left on my BSO and decided to join the cycle path.

I learnt that day that you never join a raised "path/cycle path/anything" at an an acute angle.

Pedal tore a lump out of my shin and some kids thought it was HIGH ****in' larious

Puggy · 12-02-2015 1:51am

Twice today. Lights at Santry and then about 1km from the house. Left hand side both times. First was coming up to traffic lights, almost stopped. More embarrassing really. Second was on a slight kink, going slow as I knew it was greasy. Hit the road a bit harder. Bikes fine, I'm a bit sore.

nak · 12-02-2015 8:06am

Cyclocross - all the time.

Mec-a-nic · 12-02-2015 10:36am

Most weekends at this stage - the latest one below was a downhill corner that turned into a cool drift that turned me upside down...
http://gfycat.com/ThankfulDisastrousComet

Brian? · 12-02-2015 10:53am

September 2012. Tour of Scottsdale, at the start. It's a mass start sportive, hit a bottle cap rolling up to my starting pen, arse over tit in front of a thousand or so leisure cyclists. Lovely.

n-dawg · 12-02-2015 11:09am

My last fall was on the velodrome, went to grab the rail at the start of a race and missed... Must have looked hilarious but the slide down the track gave me horrible track rash on my arse and basically destroyed my skin suit!

07Lapierre · 12-02-2015 11:54am

Puggy wrote: »

Twice today. Lights at Santry and then about 1km from the house. Left hand side both times. First was coming up to traffic lights, almost stopped. More embarrassing really. Second was on a slight kink, going slow as I knew it was greasy. Hit the road a bit harder. Bikes fine, I'm a bit sore.

Thanks God for that! Bones heal, carbon fibre cracks!

poochiem · 12-02-2015 3:21pm

Saw this thread last night. Couldn't think the last time I had a fall. Hit a lorry this morning. Bike is fine. I'm grand.

07Lapierre · 12-02-2015 3:25pm

The roads around north county Dublin are very slippery at the moment. There not too bad during daylight hours, but early morning and in the evening there slippery as hell...be careful out there!

Ole Rodrigo · 12-02-2015 3:39pm

Last year coming down the Cookstown road, some debris whipped up from the road into the front wheel, flipping the rear of the bike and myself over the handlebars. It happened so fast. The elbow, shin and knee of my clothes on the left side were ruined. Bruised a few ribs which only became sore after a day or two but lasted for weeks.

Funnily enough, for the only thing I could do without feeling pain was cycle. Result !:pac:

Noel Tallon · 12-02-2015 5:55pm

Last Saturday in Chapelizod village.

Waiting behind a line of stopped traffic I clipped out. When the traffic began to move I looked down to clip back in again. While looking down I had not noticed that the car in front of me had jammed its brakes on. I hit the back bumper at about 5 mph, pulled the front brake (I know), rolled upwards towards the back bonnet and fell over sideways. In fairness many people were immediately on the scene asking me if I was OK.

Nothing was hurt except my pride and nothing was lost except my dignity.

Beasty · 12-02-2015 11:30pm

I am quite surprised at the number of very recent "events" being reported here. Makes me glad I guess that I've been doing 90%+ of my "cycling" indoors over the past month or two

Puggy · 13-02-2015 1:53am

Beasty wrote: »

I am quite surprised at the number of very recent "events" being reported here. Makes me glad I guess that I've been doing 90%+ of my "cycling" indoors over the past month or two

Be careful, I've seen some roller video nasties

Dcully · 13-02-2015 9:38am

Came off at last years Westportif in Wesport,crash ahead in large group and couldnt avoid.
Ended up breaking 2 ribs,very painful for about 12 weeks but i kept cycling and done the lenister loop on week 10, i was very nervous in that and stayed away from large groups.

tritium · 16-02-2015 3:55pm

About 7 hours ago

lost the back wheel braking and off I went. Nothing broken thankfully but rotator cuff is a bit banged up so no cycling for a bit...

MugMugs · 16-02-2015 4:04pm

Last night. Around about 15:00.

I was on a nice straight road coming out of town. Woman in an Octavia pulls up to a junction on my left. I watch her as I am fairly moving. She looks right and then looks left and then right again and then looks straight at me. I say to myself "Nice one, she's seen me, I am safe" And she pulls out. I jammed the brakes and must've pulled the front harder. I began to go over the handlebars but her drivers side door broke my fall. Managed to get myself between the bike and the car. Rammed my knee into her door and pinned myself up against her window.

When I realised what had happened I completely lost the plot with her ranting and raving and she just sat there crying her eyes out saying "I am so sorry"

Which made me feel bad so i told her to just f*ck off.

Knee is pretty sore today but over all I'm alright. Checked Strava and I was doing 38KM/h at the time.

Beasty · 16-02-2015 4:20pm

MugMugs wrote: »

I was doing 38KM/h at the time.

I'm definitely progressing on that front. 1st crash was at 40 km/h, 2nd at 44 and 3rd at 50

MugMugs · 16-02-2015 4:27pm

Beasty wrote: »

I'm definitely progressing on that front. 1st crash was at 40 km/h, 2nd at 44 and 3rd at 50

I'll be doing a good bit around North County Dublin this summer Beasty.

You just stay a good distance away from me!

simonrooneyzaga · 16-02-2015 5:44pm

Dcully wrote: »

Came off at last years Westportif in Wesport,crash ahead in large group and couldnt avoid.
Ended up breaking 2 ribs,very painful for about 12 weeks but i kept cycling and done the lenister loop on week 10, i was very nervous in that and stayed away from large groups.

Was this in the group led by the Burren cycling club on the 160km route? Just avoided coming off behind if so, all happened very quickly but looked a bad one alright. Good to hear you healed up nicely.

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

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