I'm not going to 'give up cycling'. Yes that's the part in my op where I wrote I slipped. As I said it was bricks, my tire pressure was high but within the parameters of the tires acceptable pressure range, and I cannot stress the fact that it was bricks. Smoothish bricks. It went from tarmac road to bricks. Ground was wet. I never slipped while turning on tarmac. I rode the bike in the rain on gravel and tarmac over 18 miles just fine before.
This time when I slipped, it was a very short ride into town. That brick section I have never cycled on before. As I've now learnt, it's very slippery when wet.
It was also about -2c.
The tires are entry level tires too. There are many factors as to why I slipped. And I slipped ONE TIME having owned this bike for almost a year now... but I should GIVE UP cycling because I fell one time in those conditions on that particular brick path!?
I've attached photos of that brick section. I slid into that tree on the left. Very slowly as I wasn't going fast. I was turning left.
Your reply isn't very helpful. You're just blaming me and telling me not to cycle.
I had cycles before this when I was younger and never had this issue of shin hitting pedal, but then I never rode as much and as far as I do now. BUT it never happened on any other cycle I rode ever before. Even when I rented one about 4 years ago or so, and I did 30 miles or so on it.
It seems to be just this specific bike it happens to me on which I bought new last year.
Regardless. I think it's horrible that you tell me to give up cycling.
I don't know where my left foot and leg are in relation to my pedal when I shuffle. As I said I'm not looking or paying attention to that when I shuffle. I'm fearing for my life. Or sometimes I shuffle to see a nice view, in which case I'm still not looking down at my legs etc.
I can't always just keep cycling on the road. Example. I cycled 40 miles in one journey last month, and there was a uphill bit on road. If I had cycled the entire road without stopping to giveaway for traffic I would have caused a traffic jam going back miles. Not to mention drivers getting very angry and overtaking dangerously. That road has almost no straight bits and plenty of blind corners and isn't OK to overtake on as it's kinda narrow. Not that narrow. But kinda. So when I heard cars coming up behind me, I would pull over to the side and let them pass. I would have to shuffle sometimes because I wasn't far enough over or something like that. I can't remember exactly why I shuffle.
How would shin guards move the problem on??!! They would just stop the pedal hurting my shin.
I suspect the bike may be a bit too small for me which may be why I get the shin hitting pedal issue. A medium in 'X's companies bike may not be the same size as a medium in 'Y's' companies bike. Bike sizes vary from manufacturer to manufacturer despite being listed as the same size. Much like shoes.
The bike that I rented 4 or so years ago was I believe a large. You don't pick the size of the bike on the site. You get given a bike on the day.
Okay you don't want to give up riding a bike, now you've to learn to ride the bike you have. And that means riding it in a safe manner. Horrible or not giving up cycling, due to being a danger to others might be your safest option. You don't sound, or act, as though you're confident cycling on the roads. You slipped, and fell off your bike on the footpath. Suppose after coming off the bike, in an uncontrolled manner, your bike had hit someone. What then?
If you want to reply along the lines of "it didn't hit anyone,(this time), so it doesn't matter". The suggestion remains. That or learn how to ride it properly, in a way that's safe for yourself and others around you.
In both of your pictures, there's bollards clearly visible. They've been placed there to stop people taking road vehicles onto the pavement. In one, there's a sign that shows it's a pedestrian zone, no vehicles. Not a shared zone as you've claimed.
You don't know where both your legs are when you're shuffling? A normal bike isn't designed to move sideways, with the rider still on it. Yet you do it for metres.
If you're on a road that isn't wide enough to allow a car past you, then don't. You pick the safe spot where you want to let them past you.
You say there are many factors involved, yet they all come back to you. In the case of you slipping
You were on the footpath.
You claim that the bricks were smooth.
It was also around -2c.
It was wet.
You were changing direction, possibly your speed as well. Having come off the road onto the footpath.
You don't see that you did anything wrong.
One piece of advice, for all road users on wheels, when ice may be present(It's near or below 0c) is not to try and change your speed or direction of travel. You tried, and you've learnt why you're advised not to do it. Your entry level tyres were not to blame.
