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I'm quite big and somewhat overweight but taking Judo lessons as a kid saved my ass many times falling (off my bike). I would recommend it to everyone to learn
by consp 7y ago
I'm quite big and somewhat overweight but taking Judo lessons as a kid saved my ass many times falling (off my bike). I would recommend it to everyone to learn to fall.
The electric bike craze for elderly people isn't helping as they now travel about twice as fast as they used to.
- jacquesm 7y agoJudo is a really good tip for cyclists. Falling and cycling go hand in hand to the point that everybody that cycles will fall at least once in their life in an uncontrolled manner, and during the training phase likely much more often than that. Agreed on the electric bike craze, I get passed on my trusty old twelve speed with some regularity by 70 year olds doing 30+ kph (which suggests at least some of these have their limiters removed). Falling at that speed at that age is certain to end bad.
- thanatos519 7y agoI'm regularly passed by grannies on unmotorized fixies.
- jacquesm 7y agoI hope that is when you're walking :)
- estsauver 7y agoI actually fell yesterday while trying to unclip my bike peddles, as a case in point.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoI never fall when unclipping! Can't happen. But I ride a recumbent trike.
- jacquesm 7y agoI rode a recumbent, not a trike. I still have half an Ikea in my right leg due to the accident, and I also almost flipped a recumbent trike so please be careful, they are not as stable as they seem.
- jacquesm 7y agoThat's pretty common, and a great way to break stuff. I've broken a leg on a recumbent so it's not like I'm above failure either. But I refuse to ride with clips in traffic.