Fall V

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Date: 10/11/2007
Reason: Pedals not uncliked on time/lost balance
Location: Lights before Queensland institute of medical reasearch
Effect on Body: None
Effect on Psyche: Another one bites the dust !
Effect on Bike: None
Lesson: It's clear now that I can't yet manage both, being stationary and clicked in with the pedals. It's time to unclick at every halt, possibility of a halt or extreme slow movement with the possibility of a halt. Phew !

The Road

Long and endless
Unforgiving and merciless

In a journey with no destination
Pushing forward is not a chore, its destiny

I will conquer all
Come blood, sweat or tears

Impossible as you may seem,
You are what I make of you.

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Dedicated to the loooooong rides and the riders.

The Fall(s)

Fall IV
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Date: 01/11/2007
Reason: Pedals not uncliked on time
Location: Roundabout before entering Southbank parklands
Effect on Body: Abrasion near left knee, minor
Effect on Psyche: It's getting better
Effect on Bike: None noticed
Lesson: If you can't balance yourself in a stationary position, get off the damn pedal and come to a complete halt !


Quick recap of I, II and III

Fall III
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Reason: Lost balance by putting too much weight on the unclicked pedal
Location: Lights @ Queen/Anne/Boundary St Crossing
Effect on Body: Minor scratches
Effect on Psyche: I really have to master this pedal clicking/body balanching thang
Effect on Bike: None noticeable
Lesson: Stop horsing around and learn to balance already !


Fall II
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Reason: Lost balance
Location: Lights @ the crossing of Boundary and Adelaide St (?)
Effect on Body: Abrasion on Right Calf, Blood Spilt !!
Effect on Psyche: I'm loving this now !
Effect on Bike: Slight scratch on the handle grip tape
Lesson: Balance on the foot that is already off the pedal, not on the one that is still clicked in !!

Fall I
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Reason: Too high a gear to go uphill/Pedal not unclicked on time
Location: Outside my garage
Effect on Body: None
Effect on Psyche: I love cycling/This is the beginning of a wonderful relationship
Effect on Bike: None
Lesson: Need to learn how to unclick the pedal/Ride uphill on low gear