1st Nimbus 36er crash

[cathwood]

I did something really silly yesterday.

I went out for a short ride in the dark last night. For some reason I
was feeling a bit twitchy even before I went out. Also I took my mobile
phone with me - which I never have done before on a short ride as I
have never anticipated the need to phone for help on a short ride.

Anyway, i was riding along (after doing some hard core pratting about
deciding where to get on and not wanting to do it where groups - or at
least one or two - of noisy youths were coming down the street). I was
approaching a T junction and couldn't decide whether there was a car
coming or not and couldn't decide whether to stop or not. So - my
bottom half stopped and my top half didn't and I went (as you would
expect) flying off the unicycle. Fortunately I landed on my feet and
managed to run it out. I retrieved the uni and continued.

Eventually having settled down to a good pace riding along I felt this
tug on my foot. Next thing I know, I had crashed to the ground and my
foot was fastened securely to the crank via my lace. Ouch!!! :( I had
to wriggle to the side of the road to avoid getting run over before I
could undo myself.

I'm going to buy shoes without laces next time.

PS I'm bruised and battered but the uni's OK.


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[cathwood]

Goats_On_Unicycles wrote:
> Ouch!! I'm really sorry. That must of hurt pretty bad. :(



Thanks.

Luckily I'm well padded so am just a bit scraped and bruised. Not hurt
enough to stop me plotting to leave work early (now actually) cos it's
such a nice day so that I can get a quick ride in before I have to pick
up my son from school.


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[semach.the.monkey]

Sorry to hear that Cathwood. But glad to hear that the uni survived.

You're not the first to be caught out by shoelaces, but I think that
Rocket (Or was it Jonny? It was a while ago I heard it now) from the
Lunis has managed to beat you. He was riding along approaching a
junction, and slowed down to stop. However, BOTH shoe laces had got
wrapped around the pedals, so just as he got stationary he just paused
then fell forward with the uni still attached. I can picture it now as
he tried to hop/shuffle out of the way of the cars behind him!

STM


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[Brian MacKenzie]

cathwood wrote:
> So - my bottom half stopped and my top half didn't



Ha ha ha, this made me laugh and laugh

thanks!


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[One on one]

Glad you're O.K., but sorry that you're rider got a little banged up. :D


Sometimes we just don't listen to the voices around us.

First the forum voices that tell us to watch our laces because they can
get tangled up on our cranks and pedals. We've read it dozens of times
and most of the time we remember to fasten our laces.

Then there are our internal voices.
First it starts as a whisper,
cathwood wrote:
> "Feeling a bit twitchy" or "I have never anticipated the need to phone
> for help on a short ride."



We ignore that, then there is shouting, Hey, I'm talking to you,
cathwood wrote:
> "I went (as you would expect) flying off the unicycle."



Of course we ignore that final warning. So the voice says to herself,
not going to listen to me, fine have it your way.
cathwood wrote:
> "Next thing I know, I had crashed to the ground and my foot was fastened
> securely to the crank via my lace. Ouch!!!"



It's amazing that we ever live to adulthood.


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[Into the blue]

Doh!

Glad to hear you're okay and that it's just pride thats hurt.


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[Chrashing]

Ouch! Cathwood, falling due to laces is one of my worst fears. Glad you
were able to walk way from the fall, I hope your bruises heal quickly.

I thought of going to lace-less shoes while riding but I like that the
laces keep the shoe tight and in place. So instead, I've been skipping
lacing one eye, on each shoe, (the top right on my left, and the top
left on the right) which puts the laces on the outside. This results in
needing shorter laces. I feel much safer so far. There is a whole
thread on special lacing somewhere around here.


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[Chrashing]

Ouch! Cathwood, falling due to laces is one of my worst fears. Glad you
were able to walk way from the fall, I hope your bruises heal quickly.

I thought of going to lace-less shoes while riding but I like that the
laces keep the shoe tight and in place. So instead, I've been skipping
lacing one eye, on each shoe, (the top right on my left, and the top
left on the right) which puts the laces on the outside. This results in
needing shorter laces. I feel much safer so far. There is a whole
thread on special lacing somewhere around here.


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[Into the blue]

I do this with my laces to stop them getting tangled in things...


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[maestro8]

cathwood wrote:
> I had crashed to the ground and my foot was fastened securely to the
> crank via my lace.


Been there, done that.

I tuck my laces back underneath themselves; after tying a standard bow,
I tuck the ends inbetween the tongue of the shoe and the laces (where
they criss-cross). This keeps 'em out of harm's way.

You only make the "laces" mistake once... it's all too painful and
embarrasing to do again :o


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[underdog]

Wow, Cath. I'm really glad that you're OK. I've never even considered
the possibility of a lace getting tangled. I'm going to start tucking
mine out of the way. I have pretty week ankles and have injured one of
them badly in a unicycling 'incident.' So, I like to wear running
shoes with a nice wide, stable platform, plus ankle braces to reduce
the possibility of a reinjury occuring. The problem is, all of the
good, stable running shoes have laces. Are you running the plastic
pedals that it came with (at least that's what mine came with) or
pinned, platform pedals?

On another note, I bought my Nimbus 36 just before Christmas and the
weather turned lousy shortly thereafter. It's recently gotten much
better so I've been out on mine every day now for a couple of weeks.
I'm learning to mount the beast much more consistently now. I've found
that a rolling mount works best for me.


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[wobbling bear]

underdog wrote:
> I've found that a rolling mount works best for me.


You are lucky: since breaking a toe while rolling mounting I am not
able any more to free-mount my Coker. (I should meet a head-shrinker:
after 2 accidents my head does not want me to freemount any more my
Coker! terrible:( )


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[mark williamson]

Ouch, Cathy. It hurts - I did that at reasonable speed on my 29er once,
not pleasant at all and was really difficult to untangle - had to try
and spin the wheel backwards whilst lying on the ground to reverse the
process!!!

Nowadays I double bow my laces and then tuck the bows / ends under the
crossed over laces down the front of my boots. I've never had them
come loose from this arrangement.

I did try velcro shoes for a while and they worked OK. Boots give me
some ankle support, which is helpful if I do come off and there are
lots of crossed laces to tuck the excess into...

Another thing I discovered recently is triathlon laces - haven't tried
them myself but they look just the thing. They're elastic laces that
go into trainers and tighten up using a little plastic adjuster.
They're intended to make it easy to get shoes on and off during
triathlon and are suitable for cycling without excess catching on the
pedals. I may invest in some of these at some point.


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[steveyo]

cathwood wrote:
> <snip twitching evolving to a lace-entangled wipeout>...PS I'm bruised
> and battered but the uni's OK.

Glad you're OK and your PS shows a revealing insight into where your
priorities lay. :D The wriggling off the road would've made a good
video clip.;)


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[Danny Allen]

I had a similar problem with my laces on a bike long ago. I have been
careful with them ever since.

I use 'these' (http://tinyurl.com/3aew9k) shoes now when I am
unicycling. They were designed with cycling in mind, and as such, have
excellent grip on pedals and have a pocket at the top of the tongue to
put my laces in after I tie them.


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[harper]

Glad you're OK, Cathy. I'm a tucker. I tuck my laces into my shoes, down
the sides. I still don't understand why people fall off Cokers, though.
Why would you do that?


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[cathwood]

harper wrote:
> Glad you're OK, Cathy. I'm a tucker. I tuck my laces into my shoes, down
> the sides. I still don't understand why people fall off Cokers, though.
> Why would you do that?



I tuck the laces down the side too. They must have come out. Yeah, I've
decided that falling off the coker isn't something I plan on doing very
often.


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[siafirede]

cathwood wrote:
> I tuck the laces down the side too. They must have come out. Yeah, I've
> decided that falling off the coker isn't something I plan on doing very
> often.



This very thing happened to me on the SINZ tour. I make sure my laces
are tucked in before every ride, but they came untucked and I took a
nice highspeed tumble while going downhill. Little did I know that my
shoes have a self tucking system in the top...that ken showed me, but
they still seem to sneak their way out every now and then. I actually
own shoes without laces, but they just dont cut it in the rain or in
the cold, so for now I am just tucking and then using some tape over
the self tucking system in the tongue.


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[siafirede]

Someone at the sporting store near my house showed me these shoes
today:

http://tinyurl.com/yvxxpv

You wind the laces tight on the back of your shoe.


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[Uniman_3]

ouch..
i did that the other day but i didnt fall cause i felt the pull on my
laces..i did that about 3 times in 5 minutes one day when i was about
10 though...i was on my bike and fell in gravel and got scrapped up and
cried...some guy helped me up though..it was funny..i did the other day
and had to stop in the middle of the street and undo my laces and tie
them back up...as for now i get my pants caught all the time and have
ripped one pair at the legs..they dont get caught anymore because of
that..


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[Unibugg]

cathwood wrote:
> PS I'm bruised and battered but the uni's OK.



Wow. I got a unicycle only 2 weeks ago and was really shocked that I
could still ride (It's been 25 years since I've ridden.)

I've read a lot on in these forums about shoelaces so I've made it a
point to double and triple and quadruple knot my laces. Funny thing is
as a kid this info never ever entered the picture. I was probably
riding all along with dangling laces totally oblivious (as kids are)
about the danger.

Yesterday I was out riding about and suddenly realized that I hadn't
checked my laces before starting out. I couldn't ride another yard
without stopping to check and tuck them in.

I think now when I put on my sneakers I'll quadruple knot them.. even
if I am not planning to ride. Better safe than landing on your face.
:p

Glad to hear your accident wasn't more serious. (and that the uni is
ok too :) )


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[koebwil]

I do 'this' (http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/checkerboardlacing.htm) to
my laces and it keeps them comfortably out of the way while looking
awesome.


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[thayr]

maestro8 wrote:
>
> You only make the "laces" mistake once... it's all too painful and
> embarrasing to do again :o



Unless you make it twice... #1 was going down a hill on a 24" and #2
was on a 6ft girafe (my worst fall ever, ouch)


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[cathwood]

koebwil wrote:
> I do 'this' (http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/checkerboardlacing.htm) to
> my laces and it keeps them comfortably out of the way while looking
> awesome.



wow a whole website dedicated to tying shoelaces. I've bookmarked it
for loads of hours of fun.


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[Borgschulze]

cathwood wrote:
> wow a whole website dedicated to tying shoelaces. I've bookmarked it for
> loads of hours of fun.


When I wake up, I'm lacing my shoes Bushwalk/Cycle lacing.


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[siafirede]

Borgschulze wrote:
> When I wake up, I'm lacing my shoes Bushwalk/Cycle lacing.



You post in RSU in your sleep?!? woooah!


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[koebwil]

cathwood wrote:
> wow a whole website dedicated to tying shoelaces. I've bookmarked it for
> loads of hours of fun.


God bless the internet.


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[Mikefule]

D'oh, Cathy. Glad you're not hurt.

My worst shoelaces incident was at the head of a procession of about
200 Morris dancers in front of a crowd of about 4,000 at Thaxted Ring
Meeting a few years ago.

Take care.:)


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[Borgschulze]

siafirede wrote:
> You post in RSU in your sleep?!? woooah!


Yep. I have a special nano-pc inserted into my brain.

Also, when I went to sleep, I remembered I don't tie my shoe laces. I
just tighten them, and tuck them in beside my ankles.


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Yar.. I don't have to tie my shoes like this. Comfortable fit, one time
tie.


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[cathwood]

I forgot to mention in the original post that although the unicycle and
I are essentially OK, the shoes didn't make it. The laces got ripped
out of their holes and I can no longer do the shoes up well enough to
keep them on my feet. Oh well, they were due to be thrown away anyway.
:rolleyes:


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[Unibugg]

cathwood wrote:
> the shoes didn't make it.



Ow.. the shoes died.. that must have been some wreck!


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[whitehat]

My favorite shoelace incident was when my shoelaces got caught on my five
foot unicycle.
I was performing at a church, surrounded by kids. As I'm falling to the
concrete, I tried not to swear.
It hurt pretty good.



> cathwood wrote:
>> wow a whole website dedicated to tying shoelaces. I've bookmarked it for
>> loads of hours of fun.
>
>
> When I wake up, I'm lacing my shoes Bushwalk/Cycle lacing.
>
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[uni57]

cathwood wrote:
> Also I took my mobile phone with me - which I never have done before on
> a short ride as I have never anticipated the need to phone for help on
> a short ride.




cathwood wrote:
> I forgot to mention in the original post that although the unicycle and
> I are essentially OK, the shoes didn't make it.


I was waiting and waiting to see who you called. Now I know. You
called the shoestore!


Here's a relic from the good ol' days of the forums... Klaas Bil's
famous shoe. He mentions it at the very bottom of 'this thread'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28941) and has a
'web page about it' (http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/shoe.htm).


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