Had my first off!

[hoppym27]

At the end of a duathlon yesterday...came back into transition way too quick..locked the back end up on a slippy surface...crashed over the line...just cuts and grazes....i feel so liberated though.. like I'm not a virgin anymore!

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

At the end of a duathlon yesterday...came back into transition way too quick..locked the back end up on a slippy surface...crashed over the line...just cuts and grazes....i feel so liberated though.. like I'm not a virgin anymore!

Well done. Welcome to the club.



Graham

 

[Welsh wheels]

At the end of a duathlon yesterday...came back into transition way too quick..locked the back end up on a slippy surface...crashed over the line...just cuts and grazes....i feel so liberated though.. like I'm not a virgin anymore!

Hope you're ok....have to say felt a lot of things after my first crash but liberated wasn't one of them!!

 

[vickster]

Did you win the race though?

 

[raleighnut]

How's the bike.

 

[Biker Joe]

At the end of a duathlon yesterday...came back into transition way too quick..locked the back end up on a slippy surface...crashed over the line...just cuts and grazes....i feel so liberated though.. like I'm not a virgin anymore!

Oh, bad luck. You will be sore for a little while. I'm glad you're injuries are not too bad. Well, you've done it now. First fall but probably not the last. I wish you a long period till your next one.

 

[fossyant]

Welcome to your first of many. Im quite good at falling off, but I don't bounce as well now.

 

[Levo-Lon]

How's the bike.

Quite right..

You get away with some big offs unscathed, and a silly low speed crash causes so much grief

 

[Globalti]

In 21 years of mountain biking I fell off many many times but they were usually low-speed tumbles on soft ground; probably the average rate of falls was one per ride. I did once plant a front wheel in a hole about 10 yards from the end of a ride and go straight over the bars, slamming the front of my lower leg on a rock, which bloomin' hurt and made it swell like an avocado but that was my worst injury.

 

[hoppym27]

Not sore at all..back on the bike tomorrow...she got away with a scratch on the brake lever and a scuff on the bar tape...i managed to cushion her fall by being underneath

 

[Biker Joe]

Not sore at all..back on the bike tomorrow...she got away with a scratch on the brake lever and a scuff on the bar tape...i managed to cushion her fall by being underneath

That's very good to hear. I'm happy for you.

 

[raleighnut]

Not sore at all..back on the bike tomorrow...she got away with a scratch on the brake lever and a scuff on the bar tape...i managed to cushion her fall by being underneath

Honourable 'Battle Scars' only then

 

[Levo-Lon]

Not sore at all..back on the bike tomorrow...she got away with a scratch on the brake lever and a scuff on the bar tape...i managed to cushion her fall by being underneath

Knight in shining armour ,you done the right thing sir

 

[Ajax Bay]

came back into transition way too quick..locked the back end up on a slippy surface...crashed over the line

Did the 'start of transition zone' official deem you to have dismounted too early and impose a penalty? Or were you 'off' before crossing the line? These things matter you know.