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This has never happened to me, but I've had several close calls, including one today.
My shoelace looped around a little doo-dad on the left side of the bike (not a Triumph fwiw) as I came to a stoplight. My right foot was on the peg and the rear brake and I was already leaning left, so redirecting to that side wasn't much of an option.
Luckily I noticed what was going on in time to forcefully jam my left foot down (untying my shoe in the process) and avoiding a fall.
Let's say I hadn't been able to stop myself. What do I do? Let the bike fall on my leg? Try to slow the fall with my left arm?
Any tips would be appreciated. I know the best thing is to make sure that jeans and shoelaces aren't in a position to be caught, and I am pretty conscious of this, but accidents still happen.
My shoelace looped around a little doo-dad on the left side of the bike (not a Triumph fwiw) as I came to a stoplight. My right foot was on the peg and the rear brake and I was already leaning left, so redirecting to that side wasn't much of an option.
Luckily I noticed what was going on in time to forcefully jam my left foot down (untying my shoe in the process) and avoiding a fall.
Let's say I hadn't been able to stop myself. What do I do? Let the bike fall on my leg? Try to slow the fall with my left arm?
Any tips would be appreciated. I know the best thing is to make sure that jeans and shoelaces aren't in a position to be caught, and I am pretty conscious of this, but accidents still happen.