Ouch

[Vincealot]

I rode into work as I do everyday and decided to stop at the other entrance before I started. (My place of work has two entrance gates.) I work as a security guard there. Its a distribution hub. One entrance for workers and one for the trucks.

I pulled up at the staff entrance and unfortunatly all the Warehouse workers were outside on break. Among them were also some of the gaffers from the transport office and a fair few Lorry drivers.

Within the 1st minute out came the jokes about lycra and me looking bad in it. Also there were jokes made regarding my road bike. Apparently MTB's are cool and road bikes are not manly! I get it everytime they see me dressed in my cycling gear. I dont let it get to me, its just tiresome listening to them.

I wished them all a good day and as went to spin my bike round the to the right (while stationary), I lost my balance, couldnt get my right foot unclipped from my pedal and crashed sideways onto the tarmac.

So there I was lying on my side in the car park. Hopeing for some miracle that nobody saw me. Of course everyone saw and the CCTV also picked it up. I was the joke of the day. The footage got shown to me a few times

Think my ego hurt alot more then my right bum cheek did :

 

[snorri]

The only thing you can do at times like that is to take a bow to the admiring crowd with a big smile on your face.

 

[Vincealot]

Its the 1st and only time Ive fallen off my bike. Infact its the 1st and only time since I started commuting, Why oh why did it have to be in that manner infront of all the so called macho men.

 

[Keith Oates]

Embarrassing, but if you or the bike are not damaged then there is nothing to worry about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fossyant]

And on CCTV - gits. I used to work for a construction company, the fellas were bad enough, but the women would thretten to hang about in the car park to have a ganders at me in lycra......

 

[HobbesChoice]

It sounds to me like there's quite a big element of jealousy in your fitness regime Vincealot. As a female men can easily tell me how impressed they are with my cycling etc, but you're letting the side down for all the slobs out there who want to grow fat gracefully!

The best thing you can do is to genuinely laugh it off, even or especially with them. When you next see them and they ask something predictable like "did you enjoy the trip" just stop briefly and join in the chat about how graceful you were etc and they'll stop doing it really quickly because of the lack of hoped for reaction. I'm incredibly clumsy and work with a group of young guys who like to pick on every weakness adn bleed it to death, but they leave me alone generally because I laugh along with them.

 

[magnatom]

This thread is useless without CCTV.....

 

[Landslide]

And on CCTV - gits. I used to work for a construction company, the fellas were bad enough, but the women would thretten to hang about in the car park to have a ganders at me in lycra......

Oh poooooooooooooooor you!

 

[HaloJ]

This thread is useless without CCTV.....

Can you get the footage?

 

[MacB]

Oh that is bad, you've only one choice, steal the tape, erase all copies and kill anyone that's watched it, or witnessed the incident live...............hang on, word of mouth......hmmm, you'll have to kill everyone that's read this thread as well

 

[Vincealot]

I'll do my best to get the footage and and try and post it on here.

The Camera is situated in the security hut (not outside) but you can see me approach threw the window of the door.
In the video you see me stationary on the bike outside the hut talking to the other guard threw the glass. Then you see me turning the bike around to the right then you see my front wheel in the air and me picking myself up. Haha. Its quite jerky but still enough ammo for the macho men to make jokes.

"All the gear and no idea" Apparently.

I did have a good comeback when one of the warehouse supervisors tried to sound funny. Went like this

Macho Man. "Vince why do you wear that gay lycra, have you seen yourself, did you look in your mirror this morning"

Me. "Didnt look in my mirror mate, was the one situated in your bedroom. Your Mrs seems to love my lycra look.

One good thing that came out of the day, which I forgot to mention was someone gave me a Bontrager Race X lite carbon seat post. They used to ride road bikes and found it in their garage had had no need for it