Fallen off - no longer a biking virgin?
seajays
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OK - so I fell off the bike. Low speed, no real damage to me or bike - much more embarrassing than anything else! Does that mean I'm no longer a biking virgin? 
Or is it like horse riding where you have to fall off at least five times before you're considered a rider (which I've nicely exceeded!)?
Or is it like horse riding where you have to fall off at least five times before you're considered a rider (which I've nicely exceeded!)? Cannondale CAADX Tiagra 2017
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When you've had multiple operations then you're defo no longer a noob.
Best to try and remain a noob for as long as possible.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Cannondale CAADX Tiagra 2017
Revolution Courier Race Disc '14
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Can you bunnyhop, endo, wheelie, skid?
I'll consider you a proper cyclist once you've done a 100 miler. ;-)0 -
Anyway, 100 miles qualifies you for nothing. If you haven't done a pair of 400k audaxs in winter back to back sleeping in bus shelters getting up half an hour before you go to sleep eating hot gravel as you go. That's when you're a proper biker.0
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I thought Hospital visits for bike related injuries was the qualification? Anyone can do a 100 mile ride (might take a day or two) but you've not reached the elite status until you've crashed so spectacularly you bring the road to a complete standstill.
(A34 Stafford. Full on hand stand on the handlebars resulting in a broken left wrist and a right arm that looked like mincemeat, it's amazing how far you slide)Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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craker wrote:Anyway, 100 miles qualifies you for nothing. If you haven't done a pair of 400k audaxs in winter back to back sleeping in bus shelters getting up half an hour before you go to sleep eating hot gravel as you go. That's when you're a proper biker.
You had hot gravel - luxury!Kieran_Burns wrote:(A34 Stafford. Full on hand stand on the handlebars resulting in a broken left wrist and a right arm that looked like mincemeat, it's amazing how far you slide)
Try doing that when you're orbiting at 12ft. Its amazing how much time you have to think "its going to hurt when I land this".
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I had a face to face meeting with a pavement after hitting a kerb. In the few moments between realising I was going to stack it and when I actually hit the kerb, I actually started laughing.Daddy0 wrote:craker wrote:Anyway, 100 miles qualifies you for nothing. If you haven't done a pair of 400k audaxs in winter back to back sleeping in bus shelters getting up half an hour before you go to sleep eating hot gravel as you go. That's when you're a proper biker.
You had hot gravel - luxury!Kieran_Burns wrote:(A34 Stafford. Full on hand stand on the handlebars resulting in a broken left wrist and a right arm that looked like mincemeat, it's amazing how far you slide)
Try doing that when you're orbiting at 12ft. Its amazing how much time you have to think "its going to hurt when I land this".
The multiple trips to the dentist and the cost of 3 crowns and 1 veneer were no laughing matter however!0 -
Seajays wrote:
thousand in a month, nice work welcome to the club 8)Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Youre only a real cyclist when you been for a ride in a nee nah and stretchered into a fully staffed operating theatre...0
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Daddy0 wrote:I'll consider you a proper cyclist once you've done a 100 miler. ;-)
Man! I passed my cycling proficiency test in the 1970s, and have ridden on the roads ever since. Paper round, to school, to work, to the shops, for recreation, and time trials... But I've never done more than about 70 miles in a day. So even after nearly 40 years, I'm still not a proper cyclist.
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Agent57 wrote:Daddy0 wrote:I'll consider you a proper cyclist once you've done a 100 miler. ;-)
Man! I passed my cycling proficiency test in the 1970s, and have ridden on the roads ever since. Paper round, to school, to work, to the shops, for recreation, and time trials... But I've never done more than about 70 miles in a day. So even after nearly 40 years, I'm still not a proper cyclist.
oof the the truth hurts eh! :twisted:Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
I should have got into an ambulance to the hospital, but I manned up, cycled home and went to hospital the next morning instead...Mikey23 wrote:Youre only a real cyclist when you been for a ride in a nee nah and stretchered into a fully staffed operating theatre...0 -
elbowloh wrote:
I should have got into an ambulance to the hospital, but I manned up, cycled home and went to hospital the next morning instead...Mikey23 wrote:Youre only a real cyclist when you been for a ride in a nee nah and stretchered into a fully staffed operating theatre...
Ah but you didn't miss out on a helicopter ride! if i'd waited 6 months or so I could of had a air ambulance! that would of given the deer a fright! though since i have amnesia both before/during/after the event I wouldn't of remembered any how.
I have ridden over 100miles, as others have said just a matter of fueling and pacing. i'm more proud of long MTB rides in the hills in midwinter ie fairly snowy/icey.0 -
Friend of mine got airlifted after a fall earlier this year in Yorkshire - 2 broken vertebrae! She's (just) back on the bike now and rode with Marianne Vos yesterday.roger merriman wrote:elbowloh wrote:
I should have got into an ambulance to the hospital, but I manned up, cycled home and went to hospital the next morning instead...Mikey23 wrote:Youre only a real cyclist when you been for a ride in a nee nah and stretchered into a fully staffed operating theatre...
Ah but you didn't miss out on a helicopter ride! if i'd waited 6 months or so I could have had a air ambulance! that would have given the deer a fright! though since i have amnesia both before/during/after the event I wouldn't of remembered any how.
I have ridden over 100miles, as others have said just a matter of fueling and pacing. i'm more proud of long MTB rides in the hills in midwinter ie fairly snowy/icey.
100 miles? Pah, did a 160mile ride in July! 0 -
Err, gravel for breakfast, anyone? 0
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If you needed an X-Ray or stitches it counts?
Have you had your last clipless moment?I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.0 -
I had a tooth embedded inside my top lip (and healed over) for 2 weeks before I or anyone else realised....Initialised wrote:If you needed an X-Ray or stitches it counts?
Have you had your last clipless moment?0 -
I would have hung around a bit longer for that, rather than just making off with your bike. At least they would have been able to land right next to you.roger merriman wrote:Ah but you didn't miss out on a helicopter ride! if i'd waited 6 months or so I could have had a air ambulance! that would have given the deer a fright! though since i have amnesia both before/during/after the event I wouldn't of remembered any how.
I think I've ticked all of the boxes mentioned above on more than one occasion. Does that make me really good or just a fool that doesn't learn from his mistakes?0 -
Metal plate in shoulder makes me popular at airport check in time... Not led to a gloved search yet though0
