I advocate that people should learn falling/tumbling at a young age. IMO many minor accidents become serious ones, just because nobody knows how to fall properly. I recently fell off a bike at 0mph, and injured my shoulder, just from falling incompetently.
I think the severity of the crash was increased by having a fairly weighty backpack on. Usually with a bike, I’m carry that weight in panniers.
I am an avid cyclist, so I’ve certainly fallen off my bike (a lot less recently). As for major injuries, the first was a broken jaw when I was 7. I was using a wonky method of braking that eventually caused me to fly over my handlebars. That was a very, very expensive accident. The other was a broken arm. My wheel had the previous day hit a rock, disrupting a spoke. As I started off the next day doing a turn, the spoke broke and the wheel caught on the fender. I went down hard, exacerbated by the turn. So yeah, happens to the best of us.
One thing I will say about falling is that I’m so, so glad that I consistently wear a helmet. I’ve had some accidents where there was a quite audible smack as the helmet, not my head, hit the pavement.
You fell badly and landed on your back? Horrible.
I advocate that people should learn falling/tumbling at a young age. IMO many minor accidents become serious ones, just because nobody knows how to fall properly. I recently fell off a bike at 0mph, and injured my shoulder, just from falling incompetently.
I think the severity of the crash was increased by having a fairly weighty backpack on. Usually with a bike, I’m carry that weight in panniers.
I am an avid cyclist, so I’ve certainly fallen off my bike (a lot less recently). As for major injuries, the first was a broken jaw when I was 7. I was using a wonky method of braking that eventually caused me to fly over my handlebars. That was a very, very expensive accident. The other was a broken arm. My wheel had the previous day hit a rock, disrupting a spoke. As I started off the next day doing a turn, the spoke broke and the wheel caught on the fender. I went down hard, exacerbated by the turn. So yeah, happens to the best of us.
One thing I will say about falling is that I’m so, so glad that I consistently wear a helmet. I’ve had some accidents where there was a quite audible smack as the helmet, not my head, hit the pavement.
Thanks to judo I know how to properly land and I agree, it’s a really conviniente knowledge to have, even more if you’re as clumsy as me. xD