so close - yet so far

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over frozen ground was actually a dusting of snow over a
sheet of ice. It's amazing how fast a bike can fly out
from under you in those conditions.

It's said that there are two types of bike crashes; those
you can see just before the fact (like a car turning in
front of you), which seem to happen in slow-motion; and
those where you suddenly find yourself on the ground without
any idea how you got there in the first place.

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those where you suddenly find yourself on the ground
without any idea how you got there in the first place.

That's exactly like my last bad spill, about two years
ago. The cog teeth had made a pattern in my calf, my
pelvis was scraped, and I was on the ground in the middle
of the intersection. No idea how I got there, other than I
thought I was clipped in to the pedals and as it turned
out, I wasn't.

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those where you suddenly find yourself on the ground
without any idea how you got there in the first place.

That's exactly like my last bad spill, about two years
ago. The cog teeth had made a pattern in my calf, my
pelvis was scraped, and I was on the ground in the middle
of the intersection. No idea how I got there, other than I
thought I was clipped in to the pedals and as it turned
out, I wasn't.

I had a clear moment in the middle - a sudden sense of
incomprehension of what was happening; followed by the
realization - falling - ice- gonna hurt - that seemed to
occur in suspended time while the entire incident seemed to
happen faster than real time.

Like a scene from a Jet Li movie - or the Matrix.

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I had a clear moment in the middle - a sudden sense of
incomprehension of what was happening; followed by the
realization - falling - ice- gonna hurt - that seemed to
occur in suspended time while the entire incident seemed
to happen faster than real time.

Same here. I hit an uneven patch of road at speed I didn't
see because I was looking down a side street. I actually got
a half second of so of intense concentration on trying to
stop the fall; I can remember trying a couple of maneuvers
in slow motion before the sudden return of full speed at the
flight over the bars.

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Like a scene from a Jet Li movie - or the Matrix.

Kind of. I actually get that more so sometimes when playing
squash and chasing after a nasty shot low off a side wall.
Time just slows down on the good days, and I have all kinds
of time to figure out what the ball's going to do and how I
should respond. On the really good days, it's almost an out-of-
body slow motion experience.

-- Dan

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My last fall (and hopefully it is my last one ;-) was
while accelerating from a busy traffic light. I stood
up and stomped after getting across a 6 lane highway
and a couple hundred feet more I managed to pull my
left foot out of the pedal smashing my left knee into
the handles bars.

<much gore snipped>

Pulling up on the pedals is very dangerous (especially in
traffic) and totally unnecessary. Any time you stand on
the pedals you should think about what even a chain skip
might do. Several guys in my club have been hurt after
pedal pullouts.

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Pulling up on the pedals is very dangerous (especially in
traffic) and totally unnecessary. Any time you stand on the
pedals you should think about what even a chain skip might
do. Several guys in my club have been hurt after pedal
pullouts.

OK. What do we do to prevent this. This is a simple fix,
first if you use flat pedals it won't happen.

It isn't an elegant solution or anything, go with basic flat
pedals and learn how to use them, it won't hurt, and you'll
actually learn how to pedal.

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Pulling up on the pedals is very dangerous (especially in
traffic) and totally unnecessary. Any time you stand on
the pedals you should think about what even a chain skip
might do. Several guys in my club have been hurt after
pedal pullouts.

OK. What do we do to prevent this. This is a simple fix,
first if you use flat pedals it won't happen.

It isn't an elegant solution or anything, go with basic
flat pedals and learn how to use them, it won't hurt, and
you'll actually learn how to pedal.

It's not clear, but I assume you mean flat pedals with clips
& straps. Been there, done that, like many cyclists. Pluses
& minuses, but for me, clipless are one of the best cycling
innovations, I wouldn't turn back the clock. Pullouts aren't
a problem if you don't pull up. Pulling up (outside of
sprinting during a race) is an artificial need.