Pitiful fall from bike (self)

[palinurus]

Jeez. Waiting at the light at the end of the road near work yesterday, front of the queue. I just shuffled around on my seat to get a bit more comfortable and somehow toppled slowly over to the right, landed on my courier bag (containing two shirts so it was a bit padded). Lay in the road trying to unclip, couldn't get enough leverage from the position I landed in, tried to sit up a bit and couldn't. Eventually managed to unclip. Got into the saddle just as the lights changed.

Oddly I've never managed to do this so far.

No physical damage to self or bike.

 

[raleighnut]

Its a b*gger isn't it.

 

[Arjimlad]

Were your audience appreciative ?

 

[ianrauk]

bet you jumped up as if nothing had happened

 

[sheffgirl]

At least you didn't injure yourself. I managed to go flying over the handlebars yesterday morning. Fortunately only one person saw, and he was very helpful. Nursing quite a few bruises, and my right arm is quite sore today

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Congratulations! It takes great skill to clip-stack while remaining clipped-in to the pedals .

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Sorry ....

 

[Easytigers]

Happens to us all at some point!

 

[Herzog]

I've done it, and seen it happen to others. As long as everything is OK and nothing is broken, it's quite a comical thing to see (especially the flailing fish impression whilst attempting to unclip whilst lying prone on the ground).

Glad only your pride is damaged

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I commute in steel toe capped boots and combine them with clips and straps, a couple of weeks ago I got to the roundabout just down the road from work came to a stop and gracefully toppled on my side, I'd got a boot lace tangled up in a pedal and couldn't get my foot out, I was running one strap tight and one strap slightly loose, I was at the head of a traffic queue that was almost entirely from work. embarrassing .

 

[Exile]

Happens to the best of us, and at least you made it back up in time for the lights to change!

I did similar a few weeks back, except rather than being stopped at a random junction where no one would recognise me the next day, I managed to do it by the bike racks at work.

Rode in to the car park, started a conversation with a colleague who'd followed me in, we stopped at the racks, I forgot to unclip and went down like a sack of spuds and lay there for about twenty seconds all but willing the earth to swallow me up. Apparently my face was a picture as I dropped, or at least that's what my colleague told me through the fits of laughter...

First full-on fall-over clipless moment I've had and it just had to be in works car park

 

[CopperBrompton]

No physical damage to self or bike.

And no video either. Kindly have the courtesy to have a camera running next time.