Gonna leave mountain bikes in my past!

[Quakertownrich]

Cool.

 

[phantom]

Broken Clavicle is most often caused in cycling due to landing on a straight-arm with a locked out elbow.

IE: natural reflex

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

On a road group ride, I expressed my desire(?) to mtb, a guy told me he broke his collarbone his first time MTB'n. He had just got back on a bike after a few months! Ruined his summer riding. That was enough for me. I'll pass on that biking experience.

mountain biking is great fun and even better exercise. I went from 207 down to 165 in my first summer of riding back in 1996. my natural disposition is to be a fat guy. I got up to 250 after that and now down to 190 mostly from eating better this time.

 

[Arthur Roy Brown]

IE: natural reflex

For many, yes. If one manages to make falling down in a proper manner that mitigates injury through training (especially martil arts based training), that has the probability of creating altered natural reflexes. In fact, one of the best pieces of advice I can provide to anyone who asks about how to become a better rider in the dirt is for them to make any of the proper movements a naturally occuring reflexive action through repetition.

Where I first learned to fall down without going boom in 1982: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Airborne_School

 

[Quakertownrich]

mountain biking is great fun and even better exercise. I went from 207 down to 165 in my first summer of riding back in 1996. my natural disposition is to be a fat guy. I got up to 250 after that and now down to 190 mostly from eating better this time.

Started riding road bikes last year. End of year I logged just under 2k miles and 60lbs down. Shooting for bigger year if knees can hold out.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

For many, yes. If one manages to make falling down in a proper manner that mitigates injury through training (especially martil arts based training), that has the probability of creating altered natural reflexes.

I have always made not falling down my priority. fell over sideways once on my MB when I tried unsuccessfully to go over a root in the trail and could not get my feet out of the pedals, and once when I hit a patch of soft dirt I did not expect. I did the same thing on my road bike once when I was going up a hill and my chain fell off when I shifted to a lower gear. it is difficult if not impossible to get out of the pedals quickly with no chain.

 

[Arthur Roy Brown]

I have always made not falling down my priority. fell over sideways once on my MB when I tried unsuccessfully to go over a root in the trail and could not get my feet out of the pedals, and once when I hit a patch of soft dirt I did not expect. I did the same thing on my road bike once when I was going up a hill and my chain fell off when I shifted to a lower gear. it is difficult if not impossible to get out of the pedals quickly with no chain.

I only have one bike that I ride clipped in on and it's a road bike that's built purely for speed on macadam. In order to get used to clipping in and out when I started riding it, I'd unclip and clip back in whenever and wherever to make it as instinctive as possible. Since you had the thrown chain take you for a loop, have you practiced getting your feet unclipped chainless? Almost every time I have a weird miscue that may be corrected with a reflexive response, I practice the corrective action until it becomes reflexive.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

I only have one bike that I ride clipped in on and it's a road bike that's built purely for speed on macadam. In order to get used to clipping in and out when I started riding it, I'd unclip and clip back in whenever and wherever to make it as instinctive as possible. Since you had the thrown chain take you for a loop, have you practiced getting your feet unclipped chainless? Almost every time I have a weird miscue that may be corrected with a reflexive response, I practice the corrective action until it becomes reflexive.

my "late model" bikes all have pedals flat on one side and clips on the other but I can't remember when the last time I used the clips and my cycling shoes. I ride like regular people now.