7and8

When I bought my new bike I decided to go with clipless pedals. These are the kind of pedals that you snap a special cycling shoe onto. The main advantage is being able to pull&push the pedal through the revolution. I told the guru bike shop owner that I fully expected to fall. He told me to expect to fall at least twice. Both times going less than 5mph. Once at a stop light and once in front of my friends. I asked him if there was a way to fall and look cool at the same time. For some reason he just laughed at me.

I very well may have taken care of both of the falls in one day. Joe and I did a quick 10 mile loop in Franklin today. He was watching how I handled the clipping in and out since he was expecting his pedals at the store later that day. That should have been my first clue. We came to a stop sign and it wasn't a full blown fall but it was indeed an exaggerated stumble. Shew I was glad it was out of my system. Then we got back to the Y and I tooled over to the van to put my bike away and there was a distraction (ok, it was an attractive female) in the parking lot. I had one foot out and couldn't get the other one to let go. Fell right into the van. Since at least one or two people saw this one I decided to check my cleat to convey that either I was concerned for my equipment and therefore compassionate or that it was somehow the cleat's fault and therefore a victim. I know no one bought it but it made me feel better.