Ok, so why do so many riders freak out about falling, especially around other riders?
I fall all the time. It's ok. I don't mind (with the caveat of minor scrapes or bruises, nothing serious). Because I feel like that if I don't have at least one spill during a ride I'm not trying for bigger and badder sections, or riding sections I can normally clear faster. Certainly I'd like to hit zero spills or footdowns at a nominal pace, but until I do there will certainly be a blooper reel.
But I notice so many people act like falling is a fate worse than crapping their pants during at a wedding. The last spill I saw, and again it was a minor one, the dude acted like he couldn't even hear me ask if he was OK from a few feet away. And even my buddy who I got into riding made a huge point to say he doesn't normally fall the one time at saw his front wheel wsh out. He freaks out when I spill and usually I am laughing by the time my palms hit the dirt.
So yeah, am I just a masochist or do a lot of riders put more effort into denying the fall then learning from it??!
Neil Young paraphrase: It's better to wipe out than stall away.
I fall all the time. It's ok. I don't mind (with the caveat of minor scrapes or bruises, nothing serious). Because I feel like that if I don't have at least one spill during a ride I'm not trying for bigger and badder sections, or riding sections I can normally clear faster. Certainly I'd like to hit zero spills or footdowns at a nominal pace, but until I do there will certainly be a blooper reel.
But I notice so many people act like falling is a fate worse than crapping their pants during at a wedding. The last spill I saw, and again it was a minor one, the dude acted like he couldn't even hear me ask if he was OK from a few feet away. And even my buddy who I got into riding made a huge point to say he doesn't normally fall the one time at saw his front wheel wsh out. He freaks out when I spill and usually I am laughing by the time my palms hit the dirt.
So yeah, am I just a masochist or do a lot of riders put more effort into denying the fall then learning from it??!
Neil Young paraphrase: It's better to wipe out than stall away.