Riding after a bad fall...

[mex_ros]

I had a bad fall with my bike a month ago and i started riding again yesterday.
I never race, i'm always riding in the woods.
The problem is that i feel like i'm riding for the first time...i feel an unexplained fear.I don't know if it is because of the fall but i don't drive like i used to. I'm afraid even doing a simple wheelie and i feel that i have to practice all from the begining.
Any advice? Thanks :|

 

[Zenith]

I think it's fairly normal (unless you've got a screw loose :) ), just keep riding and it'll be forgotten soon enough.

 

[sparkysakitas]

its 100% normal
after i had bad spill in may resulting in 3 broken ribs
the first month of riding i was very careful and felt timid with bike

 

[BBking25]

haha that happened to me in 7th grade

ripped my leg open with 12 staples second time riding my bike and it took me about a year or so to get comfortable on my bike

(by the way i didn't ride until about 6 months later and then about 6 months after that)

 

[mex_ros]

I guess i'll become better day by day.
Thanks guys

 

[Moparman1539]

I never wrecked hard enought to experience it. I have went over the handel bars though. And i did feel all werd for about an hour, but that was about it.

 

[rm_racer]

Yep, it happens. Flipped my bike backwards once and tore apart my arm. Still have alot of trouble catwalking the bike and this was about 2 years ago. Keep riding and dont think about the crash that happened previously and you'll get it back.

 

[tnrider]

almost 3 years from a bad crash (broken bones with some resulting titanium). some days i can ride hard and other days - well something just does not feel right and i park the bike and watch others ride.

 

[76GMC1500]

I over rotated a 4th gear wheelie in shorts and a t-shirt on pavement (I did have a helmet on). That was a year ago and I'm just starting to get back into the higher gear wheelie thing. This was on the 1986 TT225, don't ask how I got the front wheel up in 4th gear let alone over-rotated it.