Quick Random question?

[Randombiker9]

Since I started riding my bike again is bassically:
So what I've noticed when ever I ride my bike in the park that whenever I fall off by accident. I just go back on (which I didnt when I was younger) and for me it seems to increase your bike handling as you feel more confident. Does anyone else feel like this?

 

[S-Express]

Why are you falling off?

 

[johnnyb47]

Special Brew in the water bottle ,,
That's my excuse nowadays :-)

 

[snorri]

So what I've noticed when ever I ride my bike in the park that whenever I fall off by accident. I just go back on (which I didnt when I was younger) and for me it seems to increase your bike handling as you feel more confident. Does anyone else feel like this?

No, but I have never ridden in a park.
Are you cycling on grass?

 

[Jason]

Keep the stabilizers on for now

 

[CUBE CRD]

I've never fallen off a bike in my life...and i stopped using stabilisers a few years ago.
Put a foot down often enough,and wore out many types of brake pads.

Are you riding over obstacles by any chance,like Danny MacAskill or the other dude on the CX bike?

 

[gaijintendo]

Since I started riding my bike again is bassically:
So what I've noticed when ever I ride my bike in the park that whenever I fall off by accident. I just go back on (which I didnt when I was younger) and for me it seems to increase your bike handling as you feel more confident. Does anyone else feel like this?

Skate park?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Since I started riding my bike again is bassically:
So what I've noticed when ever I ride my bike in the park that whenever I fall off by accident. I just go back on (which I didnt when I was younger) and for me it seems to increase your bike handling as you feel more confident. Does anyone else feel like this?

Yes, I've noticed the same thing. I try not to fall off, obviously, but on the rare occasions when I do (normally no other vehicle involved, just my front wheel slipping on something), at least I have a rough idea of what to expect. I understand exactly what you mean.

 

[KnackeredBike]

I am not one to talk because I fall off my bike on a fairly frequent basis but front wheel skids can be nasty because you haven't got any steering so be careful. If you aren't coming to any harm you are probably falling "well", i.e. not onto anything valuable like your head, rolling or sliding when you hit the ground and wearing gloves.

But there is always one that catches you out, I broke my arm right by my elbow ironically in a very low speed crash (where you can't roll/slide so you get maximum impact). Plus if you want to progress to roads at some stage loss of control accidents can end up being very dangerous.

There is probably a way to learn to slide/roll but it always seems to end up as instincts when you actually do crash.

 

[User269]

Since I started riding my bike again is bassically:
So what I've noticed when ever I ride my bike in the park that whenever I fall off by accident. I just go back on (which I didnt when I was younger) and for me it seems to increase your bike handling as you feel more confident. Does anyone else feel like this?

Not quick, certainly not random. Also incomprehensible, despite which several people have attempted to answer.

 

[gaijintendo]

Speaking of learning to fall, I used to live near a ski resort and taught myself to snowboard on some second hand kit by initially learning to fall, until I mastered it to the point I could get to the bottom in one upright fall.

 

[jefmcg]

"The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

 

[Dirk]

... I understand exactly what you mean.

I'm glad someone does.

 

[MichaelW2]

How do you fall of in a park unless it is a bmx/skateboard park?
If you are just falling off, get some skillz.

 

[jefmcg]

If you are just falling off, get some skillz.

That's what she is trying to do.

Not all of us learnt to ride as kids. And even if you never fell off as a child, learning new motor skills is very challenging as an adult.