Or is it me?
Let me backtrack.
Biking has my main form of cardio for the past few weeks. It’s fun, it’s hard and totally baller.
I have been biking around for the past year.
I biked all over Europe. Amsterdam
and Switzerland
I biked in D.C!
And riding around with my friends
As much as I love biking, I have taken a few spills.
I fell in the middle of the street while biking in Amsterdam.
I fell while biking on the National Mall.
I fell while biking around a bend.
And yesterday I fell flat on my face as I was going around a couple walking their dog.
Yeah, it hurt.
I am still not sure if it’s me or the bike, but I think a break in every relationship is a good idea.
So I am going to hang up my helmet for a bit,
It’s been real.
Oh and if you do bike, always wear a helmet.
And I am pretty sure it’s not me.
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I have had the same experience with my bike, lots and lots of falls. This is the main reason I am not a Tri-athelete and just a runner.
After bigger falls, I have taken breaks, which have been for the better, but I always get back on. Enjoy your break, and remember it will be just as easy as riding a bike when you get back on ;)
Funny thing. I was actually thinking about doing a bike race, right before I fell. Hahaha, I guess it’s just not in the cards right now!
Aw, I don’t think it’s you. After all, I’ve actually fallen off from my SPIN bike once. A SPIN bike! One that doesn’t move! (I’m pretty sure this one was my fault haha)
Ok, I must be evil. But your comment made me giggle!
I fall off my bike all of the time, usually in front of large groups of people. In fact, it is only because that I am on a forced ‘break’ from running that I have returned to biking after more than a year’s vacation.
Hopefully your break from your bike leaves you refreshed and raring to go when you get back to it! I know that my time away from running always does.
I am on a forced break from all exercise that causes me to be injured. So I walked 3 miles today. And I got attacked by bugs. NOTHING IS SAFE.
Aww.. girl, feel better soon. Love your biking adventures! I am a biker/cyclist myself. I have a sister residing in Amsterdam. The cyclists rules EU roads :D
I wish we had that here in America, I would never bike on the streets in America!
Awww…maybe your legs just want to be walking for a bit and are rebelling on you.
My legs enjoy sitting, on the couch stuffing my facehole :)
I’m getting sick of the treadmill (a little) and thought a bike would be a good idea until I remembered what a klutz I am (and how most Okie’s are horrible drivers and I’m scared of getting run over). I’ll stick to the treadmill til it gets cool enough to head back outside!
I am scared of the roads! I bike on bike paths around the lake :)
I am the BIGGEST klutz ever and also an avid cyclist. Dispite putting on over 1000 miles on my bike ever summer for the past 10 years. I STILL fall here and there. The falls are usually more embarassing than painful, though : ) Take a break from the bike and come back to it with all the confidence you’ve got!
I always wear a helmet, just like you advise, even if it wrecks my hair : ) I’d rather have wrecked hair, than a wrecked nogin. : )
I rode without a helmet in D.C and Europe, they don’t wear any…. but when I bike here around the lake I always wear one, I know my track record!
Sana- I love your adventurousness in all those different cities! My MIL just returned from a cycling trip in France where she fell into a ditch and broke her nose. She rocked big black sunglasses looking one part stylish and one part hiding two black eyes. I want to start biking but a little nervous about doing so in SF. You are my bicycle hero right now.
I only bike around lakes! But yeah, I fall way too much! I am covered in bruises! I hope your MIL is ok!