Well, after saying I have been cycling for a couple of years with spds without falling off I finally maaged it today. My excuse is new pedals, old cleats and a slightly tight setting combined with an uneven road surface. I was on an off road cycle path approaching Durham at a point where the path goes through a farm. I slowed to stop before a gate and unclipped my left foot to put it down. Just as I did that the bike hit an uneven bit of tarmac and decided it wanted to lean to the right rather than the left. I ended up with a grazed knee and a bruised ego. I could have avoided the damage to my knee if I had resigned myself to falling rather than trying to unclip. If I had managed to unclip at that late stage I'd have probably done even more damage to myself. Next time I'll resign myself to the topple, though next time I won't be on that bit of route 14 as it is a diabolical mix of broken tarmac and loose gravel.
If I had managed to unclip at that late stage I'd have probably done even more damage to myself. Next time I'll resign myself to the topple, though next time I won't be on that bit of route 14 as it is a diabolical mix of broken tarmac and loose gravel.
Colin
Good idea. I ended up with a spiral fracture of the tibia when I unclipped whilst falling at a very slow speed, patch of ice on a sleeping policeman. I felt like a complete [censored] considering some of the extreme stunt falls ive had in the past with no more than cuts and bruises. I new it was bad when I heard the loud wood like snapping noise and couldnt feel anything, until I moved. 🙁
