{"id":24,"date":"2008-04-16T21:36:23","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T01:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2011-03-16T23:18:55","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T03:18:55","slug":"bloody-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/16\/bloody-knee\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloody Knee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Having a bike I was bound to fall eventually. Unfortunately today I fell twice, both times on account of not being familiar with the new Shimano PD-M540 pedals<\/a> I installed last night.<\/p>\n

The first time I was at the intersection of 24 Mile and VanDyke, on the sidewalk, and as I went to press the crosswalk light button I didn’t get my right foot unclipped and I toppled over against the pole. Because of how I fell the rear brake lever stabbed the top of my thigh, just above the knee, making a nice puncture wound. The second time I’d just returned home and I pulled up in front of the mailbox and again didn’t manage to get my right foot unclipped before I toppled over, with my right knee, the rear rack, and the handlebar all hitting at just about the same time. The second fall hurt a lot more, but only scraped an area about the size of a dime. It still hasn’t finished bleeding.<\/p>\n

Beyond my needing to get familiar with the pedals, I think I like them. I rode just over 20 miles today and for the most part I had no problems dealing with them. I just need to get the idea of pivoting my foot before moving it more ingrained.<\/p>\n

There’s no GPS plot of the ride because I didn’t feel like logging one, but I rode from my house to the head of the Macomb Orchard Trail by way of 24 Mile Road before winding my way back home. Here is approximation of the route<\/a>, save for the bit of trail leading from 24 Mile to Dequindre, and a few bits of wandering down side roads.<\/p>\n

Oh, and the wind. ~20 MPH gusts aren’t much fun, particularly when you are riding straight into them. I had a hard time maintaining 12 MPH for the route down VanDyke back to 22 Mile.<\/p>\n

I feel dumb about falling over, but it just shows that I need to get more familiar with using these pedals. My bike shorts and shirt are in the wash so that I can bring my bike to work tomorrow and possibly go riding from there. There’s a bunch of nicely accessible trails and paths leading from the end of the road my building is on, so it’d be a nice place to go riding. I’d just need to be sure to sort out dinner beforehand. And not fall over while practically standing still.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having a bike I was bound to fall eventually. Unfortunately today I fell twice, both times on account of not being familiar with the new…<\/p>\n

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