 | | | Subject: Soft Landing (Bel)
Posted Jul 3, 2012 by aka Bel
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 | | I never thought the day would come that I'd be grateful for my padded (ie fat) bum, but today was the day. I don't know how I did it, it went so fast, but I fell off my bike (while trying to negotiate a barrier*) like a sack of potatoes and landed flat on my bum. It nicely absorbed most of the shock so that my tailbone hurts a little but not too much. 
I think I may have pulled those breaks too hard, I'm not sure. And there was loose chippings, or sand, but it's never been a problem on my old bike. I still have to get used to the fact that if I pull the breaks just a bit too much the bike stops dead - that never happened with my old bike.
You live and learn. 
* similar to this one, but only open to one side:
http://ais.badische-zeitung.de/piece/03/66/4c/17/57035799.jpg
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| | | Subject: Soft Landing (Bel)
Posted Jul 4, 2012 by aka Bel
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 | | Ouch, Mala.  I onc tried the effect you mention - not voluntary, mind, but back then I was on somebody else's bike and had forgotten about the brakes, so I paddled back with no effect, and, panicking, drew one brake. I just managed to hop off before landing on the side-walk. Ever since I've been afraid of these brakes, but modern bikes come with them.
Willem, I don't hurt when laughing, but I still ache all over. I'm baffled that even my arms ache. They weren't involved at all!
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| | | Subject: Soft Landing (Bel)
Posted Jul 4, 2012 by Nosebagbadger {Ace}
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| | I feel BigAl's comment (and its timing) is a little harsh - the shakes didn't quite take 20 hours to die out
I was going to say that you are much more happy to laugh at your own pain than I am - a little too much Schadenfreude in my personality
Yes, excessively powerful brakes can be a problem, especially when they are a big step up from the previous generation - apparently this was a problem when ceramic brakes were bought in for cars - so now rate of improvement is apparently one of the things watched for by those, err, watch these things 
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