First fall :-(

Last week, I have tried for the first time to cycle with my clipping shoes. I have to say I was not really comfortable with the idea of having my feet attached to the pedals. So although I bought the shoes almost a year ago…they have been sitting on my shoe rack until now and I have only been using my trainers.

So at first I just did a little trip to visit a friend who leaves only 15 minutes away from my flat. All went well. I just had to kind of anticipate when I was going to stop and unclip my feet in advance. Following this successful attempt, on Monday I decided to cycle to work with the clipping shoes. All went well in the morning although I managed to bang my left knee against the bike frame when unclipping which earned me a nice bruise.

The ride back home was another story though… I managed to lose my balance when waiting at a red traffic light and I fell... I had my right foot still attached to the bike and did not have time to detach it…that gained me 2 more bruises!! One on the right knee and a massive one on the butt. Nice bruise harvest for one day! Thanks God, it did not really hurt physically. It was more embarrassing than anything else. It’s my pride that took the hit really!