Took Me Off-Guard

Started my day with church and then eventually got home early in the afternoon. Bike man returned home by mid afternoon when completing his stream monitoring. The afternoon was perfect for riding. Slight southern breeze and a high around 80 degrees. Who could ask for anything better.

Bike man and I ended up doing our Tainter Lake loop. Everything was fine until coming down a bumpy hill two miles from home. I'm out of the saddle to reduce the bumping and jarring in my female area....if you know what I mean. One minute later I'm cranking to keep up the speed and then wham, my left foot totally releases away from my bike. Holy crap......my pedal has totally come off my crank arm.....my foot and shoe dangling with the pedal still clipped on. What the heck!


Bike man said he has never seen that happen before, ever! Luckily only one thread was stripped in the crank arm....it could have been a lot worse. I noticed coming down that hill, my bike seemed wobbly, but I didn't think anything of it. Now that I really think about it, if my pedal would have completely come off going down hill, and me out of my saddle, I could have done the famous Lance Armstrong crotch slam!!!

The only thing I can think of is that my pedal has been loose for a long time and I just didn't know it. Why it was loose is beyond me. I haven't touched my pedals or replaced them for a long time. I have switched my pedals on the mountain bike, but normally don't touch Ruby's pedals. Kind of weird isn't it? 20 miles