Anyone else stacked it like this?

[JDMFanYo]

Coming out of town, traffic was passing forcing me quite close to the kerb.

I was then in a slight 'rut' where the surface nearer the kerb was about 2-3cm lower than that of the road, the surface is almost like cement slabs.

Spotted a pot hole, too large to jump it, tried to get back onto the raised road surface, couldn't do it, tyres just rubbed it, fell sideways onto the pavement, clipped in so leg/arm took the impact.

First time this has happened (never again will I move nearer the kerb). Still haven't got used to SPD road bike, clearly

Bike was OK though, surprisingly, quite lucky when I thought about the direction I fell.

All of this less than a mile into the journey, so the next 23 miles I was a little more cautious.

Edited by JDMFanYo on Monday 22 February 12:30

[mouseymousey]

I have stacked it in a very similar way trying to go behind a car that had pulled out of a side road to turn right in front of me.

Luckily was a very low speed fall but I still put a rip in my Gore trousers on only my second journey in them.

[pdV6]

JDMFanYo said:

(never again will I move nearer the kerb).

If traffic can't get past without you riding in the ditch, it shouldn't be trying to pass there.

[Nick_F]

Ride where you would if you were on a moped. And get the hang of bunnyhopping a road bike - with SPDs even I can do it in an emergency.

[slomax]

the first ride with my new spd's i came up to a t junction and forgot i had them... it was quite windy and i was blown over.... not cool. i too have fallen off in a simalar way but quite a few years ago, was on a MB too and still couldn't get out of the rut.

[bigandclever]

I wouldn't worry about it.... I've done the complete somersault, over the top of the bars when clipped in, at a set of lights when some berk did the "overtake then immediately turn left without indicating" manoeuvre. I hadn't set the modulation on the brakes quite right and grabbed a handful Landed on the tip of a finger and shatterd it into a hundred pieces

[GreatGranny]

You should be riding about a metre into the road from the kerbline.

It then makes the traffic pass you rather than feeling they can squeeze past you if that makes any sense.