Falling down in public.

[The.Mars.Volta]

fuckin hope my partner or i don't stack it when we we ride in for my grad...

[Crazy Stares]

If I replaced my backpack with a messenger bag and only brought the things I was going to use in that class to keep it as light as possible, would it help prevent this phenomenon of falling forwards uncontrollably?

If so, would the shift of left-right balance be more bad-habit-forming than the shift of front-back balance of using a backpack? Like, riding with a backpack is kind of like riding uphill proportionally to the amount of weight in the backpack, but riding with a messenger bag would mean I have to lean right or left to balance depending on which side I use. Would that form bad habits of riding when I go to use it without the messenger bag?

[saskatchewanian]

I would go with a backpack over a messenger bag any-day.


I don't think that backpacks make you fall so much but make the landing that much worse. I would think the messenger bag would be all floppy and be much more likely to cause an accident.

[Shug]

When I fall I want someone watching ..... why waste a good ass laugh. Even if I am slightly wounded I soldier up, get on and ride off like a stoic and foolhardy fellow hail.
In my mind the spectators think I am a clumsy but adventuresome bad-ass and that they think that unicyclists ... like skaters are tough and cool. Even 51 year old ones.
Skiddin' Shug

[jerome]

whenever i upd or faceplant, which seems to happen alot when im muni ing,my first reaction is to look around to see if anyone watched me splat(not a clue why),the second is to check out injuries ,if any , never had pedal bite on my shin ,always seems to get me in the back of my calf ,bugger

[munirocks]

I've had several public upds too, some more and some less embarrassing.
The other day I went down at a traffic light when I was shifting up on my Schlumpf at a too high cadence. It just sent me flying but I could easily run it out. Many of my upds are shifting related, now that I think about it.
Otherwise it is usually when trying something new or difficult. But then I don't feel as embarrassed as when it just happens out of the blue...

[hugo]

Originally Posted by munirocks

Many of my upds are shifting related, now that I think about it.

Right, that's true, me too. But in 99% you won't fall, because you are not so fast while you shift gears.